Our tasks
A country such as Baden-Württemberg can't cope alone the urgent challenges in the key areas of environment, climate change and energy, but with our policies we lead the way as we take challenges and find solutions to problems. We want to limit climate change. Then we set the energy and climate policy from new. You can find more details about our topics here on our website.
Our departments
The Ministry for the Environment, Climate and the Energy Sector is headed by Minister Thekla Walker. Her political representative is State Secretary Dr. Andre Baumann. Director-General Dr. Michael Münter is the head of the office and the interface between the administration and the political level.
The Minister's and State Secretary's Office is located directly at management level. The Central unit as a link between the top management and the specialist departments, the Press- and Public relations work and the Staff Unit Special tasks and complex legislative processes.
The ministry is divided into seven departments and their respective units:
Key tasks, Europe, international cooperation
Head of Department
Stefan Benzing
Secretariat
+49 711 126-2721
Duties
Organisation; Personnel; Budget; Europe, International cooperation; Information technology, IT control centre, environment information system, digitalization; General legal matters; environmental law; environmental helpline
Climate, policy, sustainability, resource efficiency, circular economy
Head of Department
Sibylle Hepting-Hug
Secretariat
+49 711 126-2668
Duties
Fundamental issues of climate protection, monitoring; climate change adaptation, municipal climate protection; sustainability, climate protection in business and administration; resource efficiency, green tech, bioeconomy; circular economy: law, product responsibility; circular economy: infrastructure, biogenic recyclables, building materials recycling; Environmental Academy Baden-Württemberg
Nuclear energy supervision, radiation protection
Head of Department
Thomas Wildermann
Secretariat
+49 711 126-2619
Duties
Administration and law General affairs of nuclear energy supervision; Supervision of the sites Neckarwestheim, Philippsburg, and Obrigheim; Emergency protection, security, and IT security; Supervision of the KIT Campus North site, clearance, and disposal; Policy questions and implementation of the radiation protection law
Air pollution control, market surveillance, operational environmental protection
Head of Department
Rita Trost
Secretariat
+49 711 126-2625
Duties
Administration and law, trade supervision; Immission protection, accident prevention; Market surveillance, chemicals and product safety; Operational environmental protection, hazardous substances, geology, mining; Construction Engineering, Construction Ecology; Energy Competition Authority, Regulatory Law; Approval procedure wind turbines
State Regulatory Authority
Water and soil
Head of Department
Elke Rosport
Secretariat
+ 49 711 126-1501
Duties
Administration and law; International agreements, Rhine and Danube, European Water Framework Directive, support schemes; Prevention of water pollution, standing water bodies, Lake Constance; Soil and legacy contamination sites, ground water protection, water supply; Hydraulic engineering and flood protection, aquatic ecology
Energy Sector
Head of Department
Dominik Bernauer
Secretariat
+ 49 711 126-1201
Duties
Fundamental energy policy issues; Heat transition; Energy efficiency; Renewable electricity and infrastructure; Hydrogen
Nature conservation
Head of Department
Karl-Heinz Lieber
Secretariat
+ 49 711 126-2368
Duties
Nature conservation law; species and habitat protection; rules of intervention, landscape conservation; landscape planning; Stiftung Naturschutzfonds (Conservation Fund)