The tax aims to facilitate the transition to clean energy and foster the polluter pays principle.
Access and custody of funds from the global carbon tax proposed in the Nairobi Declaration, a build-up of the recently concluded Africa Climate Summit 2023, is the next scuffle ahead of the implementation push.
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