Tax carbon cautiously for sub-Saharan Africa

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Nature Climate Change Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI:10.1038/s41558-024-02213-w

Jörg Ankel-Peters, Gunther Bensch, Ashwini Dabadge, Anicet Munyehirwe, Julian Rose, Maximiliane Sievert, Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo, Jann Lay

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Abstract

A carbon tax will not curb current emissions in sub-Saharan Africa and is unlikely to prevent future carbon lock-in effects. Meanwhile, a carbon tax could hit the poor in this region, thus the international community should be careful in pushing sub-Saharan Africa towards carbon taxation.

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碳税无法遏制撒哈拉以南非洲目前的排放量，也不可能防止未来的碳锁定效应。同时，碳税可能会打击该地区的贫困人口，因此国际社会在推动撒哈拉以南非洲地区征收碳税时应谨慎行事。

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Nature Climate Change ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

CiteScore

40.30

自引率

1.60%

发文量

267

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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