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Attitudes toward climate change vary with economic status: HSBC survey

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07:58, July 13, 2007

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HSBC's first international survey of public attitudes towards climate
change released Thursday highlights a surprising spectrum of opinions
across the world.

The HSBC Climate Confidence Index shows that people in developing
economies exhibit the greatest concern, commitment and optimism towards
the problem of climate change and in developed economies the greatest
indifference, reluctance and fatalism.

The survey overall reveals that citizens of China and India are most
optimistic that the problem of climate change can be overcome, while
those in France, Germany and the UK are least optimistic that a solution
will be found.

The HSBC Climate Confidence Index is one of the biggest research projects
ever undertaken on the Internet, which is based on a sample of 9,000
people in nine countries and regions such as Brazil, China, France,
Germany, Hong Kong SAR, India, Mexico, the UK and the USA, across four
continents.

The survey demonstrates that climate change is having a significant
impact on public opinion in developing countries, with around 60 percent
of respondents expressing a high level of concern in China, India, Mexico
and Brazil, compared with only 22 percent in the UK and 26 percent in
Germany.

People in developing economies seem more committed to tackling climate
change, with about 47 percent of people indicating high levels of
personal commitment to combating climate change in India and Brazil,
compared with only 19 percent in the UK, the survey showed.

The launch of the HSBC Climate Confidence Index is part of HSBC's broader
strategy to contribute to tackling climate change among other initiatives
to help reduce the impacts of climate change worldwide.

The HSBC has recently appointed Nicholas Stern, a former World Bank chief
economist, as its Special Adviser on Economic Development and Climate
Change.

The HSBC Group is one of the largest banking and financial services
organizations in the world, which has around 10,000 offices in 82
countries and territories around the world.

The HSBC was also the first major bank and the first FTSE 100 company to
become carbon neutral.

Source: Xinhua

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