The Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy oversees the management of natural resources and renewable energy in Algeria.

• July 1974: Establishment of the National Environment Committee.
• July 1977: Formation of the Ministry of Irrigation, Land Reclamation, and Environmental Protection.
• 1980: Renaming to the Ministry of Irrigation.
• 1981: Establishment of the State Secretariat of Forestry and Land Reclamation.
• 1984: Renaming to the Ministry of Irrigation, Environment, and Forests.
• November 1988: Transformation into the Ministry of Interior and Environment.
• July 1990-1994: Under the guardianship of the Delegate Ministry for Research and Technology.
• 1992: Transfer to the Delegate Ministry for Research, Technology, and Environment.
• 1993: Under the Delegate Ministry of Universities and Scientific Research.
• 1994: Merged into the Ministry of Interior, Local Communities, Environment, and Administrative Reform.
• December 1994: Establishment of the Supreme Council for Environment and Sustainable Development.
• 1996: Renaming to the Ministry of the Interior, Local Communities, and Environment.
• July 1997: Designation as the State in charge of the environment.
• December 1999: Merge into the Ministry of Public Works, Territorial Planning, Environment, and Urbanization.
• August 2000: Renaming to the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment.
• June 2007: Renaming to the Ministry of Urban Planning, Environment, and Tourism.
• May 2010: Renaming to the Ministry of Urban Planning and Environment.
• September 2012: Renaming to the Ministry of Urban Development, Environment, and the City.
• September 2013: Renaming to the Ministry of Urban Planning and Environment.
• June 2016: Transformation into the Ministry of Water Resources and Environment.
• May 2017: Renaming to the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy.
• January 2020: Continuation as the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy, with the addition of a Minister Delegate for the Desert Environment.
• November 2020: Renaming to the Ministry of Environment.
• September 2022: Renaming to the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy.