2023-07-03 19:32:59
Crucial negotiations in London – Arm wrestling over a carbon tax on maritime freight
Island states threatened by rising waters are proposing a tax of 100 dollars per tonne of CO2. China, Brazil or Argentina prefer to speak of compensation.
Posted: 03.07.2023, 9:32 p.m.
Container ship arriving in San Francisco Bay. Acted in 2018, the latest environmental requirements imposed globally by the International Maritime Organization are to be discussed once more this week in London. Sea freight is the source of CO2 emissions equivalent to those of a country like Germany.
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One year following the meeting of Trade Ministers in Geneva, within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO), another diplomatic marathon, touching the heart of international trade, and crucial for the fight once morest global warming, has taken place. is open this Monday in London.
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