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Environmental consultancies join call for green budget

The UK government's fiscal stimulus package, designed to promote economic recovery, is likely to be significantly less 'green' than the stimulus packages pursued by other major economic powers, according to analysis undertaken by HSBC's Climate Change Centre

21-Apr-09  Speaking to an audience of industry, consultancy and NGO representatives at the House of Commons on 20 April at an event organised by the Aldersgate Group, Nick Robins of the bank's Climate Change Centre outlined conclusions drawn thus far by the centre's analysts about the nature and scale of environmental spending included in national governments' economic recovery programmes. Overall, about 15% of the fiscal stimulus announced worldwide can be...