Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate)

Organisations: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Current role holder: Katie White OBE MP

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

  • international climate and energy policy
  • international climate finance
  • carbon budgets and Net Zero strategy
  • citizen engagement
  • local Net Zero
  • green finance
  • methane emissions

Current role holder

Katie White OBE MP

Katie White was appointed Minister for Climate in the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero on 7 September 2025.

She was elected as the MP for Leeds North West in July 2024.

Education

Katie graduated from the University of Glasgow.

Career outside politics

Before going into politics, Katie worked at Friends of the Earth where she co-led the campaign for the Climate Change Act.

In 2009, she worked with the UK government to prepare for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), before going on to work at the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

She was previously Executive Director at WWF-UK.

She was awarded an OBE for her services to tackling climate change.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. Kerry McCarthy MP

    2024 to 2025