John Manning, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, explores the environmental issues in this year's Budget
John Manning partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP explores the environmental issues in this year's Budget
In his first Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling echoed his predecessor in saying that 'tackling climate change is the most serious and pressing global environmental challenge the world faces'. What is noticeably missing from the Budget is a big centrepiece measure to tackle that challenge. Instead there is a range of small changes that will affect different areas. Budget 2008 provides little by way of achieving the Government's 1997 commitment to increase the use of green taxes choosing instead to tinker with the existing system.
A global deal to tackle climate change
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John Manning, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, explores the environmental issues in this year's Budget
John Manning partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP explores the environmental issues in this year's Budget
In his first Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling echoed his predecessor in saying that 'tackling climate change is the most serious and pressing global environmental challenge the world faces'. What is noticeably missing from the Budget is a big centrepiece measure to tackle that challenge. Instead there is a range of small changes that will affect different areas. Budget 2008 provides little by way of achieving the Government's 1997 commitment to increase the use of green taxes choosing instead to tinker with the existing system.
A global deal to tackle climate change
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