Zac Goldsmith

The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith

Minister for the Pacific and the Environment

The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith of Richmond Park is the Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He is the Minister leading the UK’s COP26 nature campaign, and international nature strategy, and is a keen advocate for environmental issues and sustainability around the world. Before becoming involved in politics Zac directed and edited the Ecologist Magazine for a decade, and received Mikhail Gorbachev’s Global Green Award for ‘International Environmental Leadership’.