Asia outperforms US in climate economy, says HSBCp

Asia's climate change economy may be outstripping the US, according to HSBC's Climate Change Index. The global banking giant says that Asia - excluding Japan - is leading the way in providing goods, products and services focused on tackling climate change, outperforming global equities by 63 per cent since 1994, compared to underperformance of 33 per cent by the US.