UKOT/CD Environment Ministers' Council
Although very different in character, finances and their relationships with UK, the UKOTs and CDs, all boast beautiful environments that are important to economies and ways of life. In terms of biodiversity, the UK Overseas Territories hold over 90% of the world biodiversity for which UK is responsible. Many of these species occur nowhere else in the world. The Environment Ministers of the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have met on average once per year since 2015, supported by UKOTCF. Each meeting has released a statement, which can be accessed here by clicking on each meeting link.
Ninth Meeting, online March 2025
Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online on 12th March 2025 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the eighth meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place on the Zoom platform of their secretariat, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum . Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015, Alderney in 2017, the Isle of Man in February 2018 and online in April 2021, October 2022, May & November 2023 and May 2024.
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Eighth Meeting, online May 2024
Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online on 15th May 2024 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the eighth meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place on the Zoom platform of their secretariat, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum . Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015, Alderney in 2017, the Isle of Man in February 2018 and online in April 2021, October 2022 and May & November 2023.
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Seventh Meeting, online November 2023
Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online on 21st November 2023 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the seventh meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place on the Zoom platform of their secretariat, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum . Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015, Alderney in 2017, the Isle of Man in February 2018 and online in April 2021, October 2022 and May 2023.
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Sixth Meeting, online May 2023
Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online on 18th May 2023 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the sixth meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place on the Zoom platform of their secretariat, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015, Alderney in 2017, the Isle of Man in February 2018, and online in Apil 2021 and October 2022.
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Fifth Meeting, online 2022
Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online in October 2022 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the fifth meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place on the Zoom platform of their secretariat, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015, Alderney in 2017, the Isle of Man in February 2018, and online in April 2021.
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Fourth Meeting, online 2021
Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online in April 2021 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the fourth meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and took place on the Zoom platform of their secretariat, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum on 28th & 29th April. Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015, Alderney in 2017 and the Isle of Man in February 2018.
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Third Meeting, Isle of Man 2018
Ministers & senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) & Crown Dependencies (CDs) discussed, in the Isle of Man in February 2018, the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This, the 3rd Council of Environment Ministers of UKOTs & CDs, took place in Douglas. Previous meetings took place in Gibraltar in 2015 & continued in Alderney in 2017. UK Government minister & officials participated on the 2nd day.
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Second Meeting, Alderney 2017
This was only the second meeting of its kind, the first having been hosted by the Government of Gibraltar in 2015. The Environment Ministers’ Council was chaired jointly by Victor Brownlees, Alderney’s Chief Executive, and Dr John Cortés, Minister for the Environment of Gibraltar and was made possible by the work of the UKOTCF and the Alderney Wildlife Trust. Read more
First Meeting, Gibraltar 2015
Working with Hon. Dr John Cortés, Minister of Health, Environment & Climate Change, HM Government of Gibraltar, we facilitated the 1st meeting of Environment Ministers of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. This was linked with our Sustaining Partnerships Conference in Gibraltar in July 2015 and, indeed, the Ministers attended also all or part of the conference itself. Read more