top of page

IMF Calls for Carbon Levy on Ships and Planes

  • Megan Darby
  • Jan 14, 2016
  • 1 min read

A charge of US$30 a tonne on carbon dioxide embedded in international transport fuels could have raised US$25 billion in 2014, the influential Washington DC-based body estimates.

In a report released after 195 countries struck a UN climate pact in Paris, it said carbon pricing should be “front and centre” in efforts to curb global warming.

Levies on so-called bunker fuels were “promising”, it said, and a possible source of climate finance – support for developing countries to go green and adapt to shifting weather patterns.

Alistair Edmondson

Comments


Like what you read? Donate now and help DRP implement more projects that help communities adapt to the effects of climate change.

Donate with PayPal

© 2017 by Developing Radio Partners.

bottom of page