Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

In Austrian politics, the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (German: "Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie") is the ministry in charge of railways, transport policy, environment and the energy sector.
The current Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology is Leonore Gewessler.
First established in 1896, its exact name and portfolio have undergone changes numerous times throughout the years. From 2000 to 2020, the ministry was officially called the Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology ("Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie" or "BMVIT") and is tasked, in addition to its core regulatory and infrastructure responsibilities, with the promotion of scientific research and technological progress.
The ministry regulates motor vehicles, railways, waterways, aviation safety, air traffic control, air weather services, public transport, the postal system, and the telecommunications sector.
It maintains the autobahns and other national highways. 
The Ministry also owns and supervises the via donau, a corporation charged with the maintenance of the Danube as a commercial shipping route and wildlife reserve. Since January 2020, the ministry is as well responsible for environmental protection, energy and environment technology.
History.
The Ministry was first established as the Cisleithanian Ministry of Railways in 1896; previously, railways had been the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce ("Handelsministerium"). In 1923, the Ministry of Railways was merged back into the Ministry of Commerce.
In its current form and under its modern common name, the Ministry of Transport appeared in 1945. Its areas of responsibility were railways, the postal system, shipping, and public transport. In 1950, it gained responsibility for aviation affairs. In 1973, it was put in charge of a number of additional areas, including but not limited to motor vehicles, traffic police matters, and mineral oil pipelines. On and off, the Ministry also supervised Austria's nationalized heavy industry, exercising direct control over some of the country's largest employers and a sizable percentage of the nation's GDP. From 1950 to 1973 it also controlled the electricity sector.
The Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1996. When it was reestablished yet again in 2000, it had acquired responsibility for national road construction and maintenance.
On 29 January 2020, it was renamed "Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology".
Responsibilities.
As of January 2020, the Ministry is charged with regulating, supervising, or managing, respectively:
Structure.
Since January 2020, the ministry consists of the Minister and her personal staff ("Kabinett"), the office of the general secretary, and seven departments ("Sektionen"):
The Minister and her staff are political appointees; the general secretary and the section heads are career civil servants.