Editing Mark Field (section)

=== Minister for Asia and Pacific ===
On 13 June 2017, he was appointed a [[Minister of State]] at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Election 2017: ministerial appointments|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/election-2017-ministerial-appointments |website=www.gov.uk |date=20 June 2017 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref> At the FCO his formal responsibilities included: Asia, Australasia/Pacific, Communications (public diplomacy and scholarship), [[British Council]], Economic Diplomacy (including international energy strategy; climate change; [[OECD]] relationship; fintech/cyber and the illegal wildlife trade), FCO Services Overseas and the Prosperity Fund (as FCO representative on the Ministerial board). His work on climate change has included representing the UK government at December 2018's [[2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP24 UN Climate Change Conference]] in Katowice, Poland as well as the [[Global Climate Action Summit|San Francisco Climate Summit]] and [[Pacific Islands Forum|PIF]] in Nauru earlier that year. He promoted UK expertise across Asia in green finance, renewables, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and electric vehicle technology.