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Global taxes on air, shipping and carbon should help pay for the costs of climate change, says France (Photo: United Nations)

France pushes for global carbon, air and shipping levies at UN tax convention

France is pushing for a new UN tax authority to take on its plans for global taxes on carbon, air transport and shipping, in talks on a new global tax treaty in New York

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Global taxes on air, shipping and carbon should help pay for the costs of climate change, says France (Photo: United Nations)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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