{"id":26384,"date":"2024-04-11T11:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=26384"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:38:50","slug":"taxing-polluters-is-key-to-climate-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/04\/11\/taxing-polluters-is-key-to-climate-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxing polluters is key to climate justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__abs u-mt-se\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Bold new policies are needed to mobilize public finances for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and there is a strong case for progressive taxation of carbon-intensive activities and extreme wealth. Such taxes would generate revenues, shape incentives, and support the principle of \u201ccommon but differentiated responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body article__body--commentary english\" dir=\"ltr\" data-page-area=\"article-body\">\n<p data-line-id=\"a6ba4f2f9665447ab2b1327cc3a05b6b\">PARIS \u2013 After years of avoiding any explicit mention of the root cause of climate change, negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai last year finally reached an agreement calling for a \u201ctransition away from fossil fuels.\u201d But another nagging question still remains: How will this transition be financed? As Simon Stiell, the UN climate chief, recently noted, \u201cit is clear that finance is a critical factor in the global fight against climate.\u201d (<em>LAURENCE TUBIANA, more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/tax-fossil-fuels-pollution-wealth-revenues-for-climate-change-just-transition-by-laurence-tubiana-2024-04?utm_source=cbnewsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=2024-04-11&amp;utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+11+04+2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">project-syndicate.org<\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bold new policies are needed to mobilize public finances for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and there is a strong case for progressive taxation of carbon-intensive activities and extreme wealth. Such taxes would generate revenues, shape incentives, and support the principle of \u201ecommon but differentiated responsibilities.\u201c PARIS \u2013 After years of avoiding any explicit [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}