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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Business and Industry Climate Change Economics and Finance Energy Environment Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Financing for Development: Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development International Cooperation in Tax Matters Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate change Consumption and production patterns Energy Finance Forests Industrial development International cooperation for an enabling environment Marine Resources Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.) Mining Protecting and managing the natural resources Trade and environment Transport Waste (solid) Waste Management
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	To meet the global challenge of climate change and the threat it poses to our natural environment, governments have no choice but to use all the instruments they have at their disposal: regulation, command and control or environmental agreements. However, after several years of experience with numerous instruments, we are convinced that noth-ing is so efficient, nor stimulates innovation as effectively as market-based-instruments for envi-ronmental policies. They unite the dual goals of sustainable development and economic competi-tiveness. Since we want to build on an eco-social market economy, where “prices tell not only the economic, but also the ecological truth” (Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker), we promote environmental taxation, emissions trading, removal of environ-mentally harmful subsidies, renewable energies and green procurement.
Year established:	1994
Year of registration:	1994
Organizational structure:	Organizational bodies of Green Budget Germany, are the Board, the Advisory Board and the GBG office in Berlin. The board consists of 6 members in voluntary capacity and oversees the work of GBG. The Advisory Board currently numbers 22 members, who actively support the work of GBG. The work of the Board and the Advisory Board is supported by the GBG staff in its Berlin office.
Number and type of members:	Green Budget Germany operates independently of political parties, associations and interest groups. Our 206 members (as of the end of 2011) include business professionals, researchers, politicians from all democratic parties, journalists and numerous private persons. Private persons as well as companies can choose between an active and a supporting membership.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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