UN climate finance report demands global tax hike
UN committee cautions mechanisms for raising $100bn a year by 2020 will only prove feasible with international climate deal and carbon pricing
A UN committee has today recommended that the world's government's introduce new taxes on carbon allowances and financial transactions in order to help raise the $100bn a year pledged at last year's Copenhagen...
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