Article 10HDV IMF calls for carbon tax on ships and planes

IMF calls for carbon tax on ships and planes

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Megan Darby for Climate Home, part of the Guardian
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Influential financial body estimates $30/tonne tax on emissions from international transport could have raised $25bn in 2014, reports Climate Home

The International Monetary Fund is calling for a carbon tax on aviation and shipping to help deliver global climate goals.

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

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