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Merkel and Sarkozy want carbon tax on imports

19 September, 2009 - 04:56

by Agence France-Presse

BFFs: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas SarkozyPhoto: Chesi - Fotos CCPARIS - The leaders of Germany and France called Friday for the United Nations to support a carbon tax on imports from countries who fail to back international efforts to fight global warming.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel wrote to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arguing that states that fail to back a deal at a climate summit in Copenhagen in December should be held accountable.


“It would be unacceptable for the efforts of the most ambitious countries to be undermined by the carbon emissions released by lack of or insufficient action by other countries,” reads the letter released by the French presidency.


“For that reason, it should be possible to put in place appropriate adjustment measures targeting the countries that do not implement or fail to support this accord,” they wrote.


The two leaders also pleaded for the creation of a world environmental agency, with[...]

[Published in GreenNews - Read the original article]