Expect more African carbon taxes on shipping
- ‘African governments are not naïve,’ says ASCR Foundation
- Countries ‘simply asserting their right to climate sovereignty’ in response to ETS and other external taxes
- Foundation rejects ‘post-colonial or paternalistic’ industry lobbying
The foundation behind Djibouti’s and Gabon’s new carbon taxes for ships says governments will not wait passively for the IMO when they cannot be sure how its funds will be spent
