Departments

Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing

What we do

Our functions and policy areas are as follows: sustainable economic growth, protecting the environment, combating climate change, waste management, preventing pollution, territorial planning, land and town planning, architecture, construction quality, and citizen access to housing.

Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing - News

2018 March 2
The Basque Country has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% since 2005
Transport is the only sector bucking the general trend to cut gases caused by climate change, according to the 2016 Emissions Inventory, unveiled today. The Basque Government’s Deputy Minister for the Environment, Elena Moreno, called on institutions, companies and the general public to make “a special effort” to limit the impact of transport.