German Climate Governance Perspectives on North Rhine-Westphalia Implemented by Imprint ‘German Climate Governance – Perspectives on North Rhine-Westphalia’ was compiled in the framework of the Sino- German Climate Partnership and Cooperation on Renewable Energies Project which is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). Additional support for the publication has come from the Sino-German Climate Change Programme, which is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). 29 May, 2014 Contact Information Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Sunflower Tower 860 Maizidian Street 37, Chaoyang District, 100125 Beijing, PR China Ursula Becker Project Director Sino-German Climate Partnership E:
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