Speakers at Africa’s Climate Summit suggested a global tax on carbon emissions in order to help boost the countries low GDP rates.
QUICK FACTS:
- Kenya’s President William Ruto spoke at Africa’s Climate Summit this week, suggesting a worldwide carbon tax on wealthy countries in order to help Africa’s low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rates.
- Ruto claimed that so-called “climate change” driven by successful, dynamic economies in Europe, North America and Asia, has put a strain on Africa’s economic progress and that it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on the world’s richest nations.
- “Those who produce the garbage refuse to pay their bills,” Ruto said.
- According to the president, the African continent is allegedly losing five to fifteen percent of its GDP growth every year “due to the widespread impacts of climate change.”
- U.S. Special Presidential Envoy and former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry agreed the “acute, unfair debt” carried by Africa nations must be “acknowledged.”
- “Of the 20 countries most affected by the climate crisis, 17 are here in Africa,” Kerry said.
- Kerry announced the U.S. intends to provide an additional $30 million in food security and “climate resilience” efforts across the continent.
KENYAN PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO ON IMPLEMENTING A “CARBON TAX” ON WEALTHY COUNTRIES:
“The time has come for us to break out of the shackles of low ambition. We must now begin to aim higher and strive for more, and better outcomes,” Ruto said.
BACKGROUND:
- In January 2022, Tech CEO Bill Gates spoke at the World Economic Forum and suggested carbon taxes, according to a video posted by The Gateway Pundit.
- Gates suggested that if “rich countries” already have these policies and “middle-income countries” have to be forced to change to do their part.
- The Microsoft founder admitted that some countries won’t succeed but that regardless the plan to offset carbon footprints needs to see some traction.
- Gates has been linked to many of WEF’s efforts and has pledged money in partnership with the WEF to “equitably respond to future epidemics and pandemics,” according to MSN News.
- The rich countries have to play a central role, both funding RND and having policies, in some cases carbon taxes will be used to drive the demand for these clean products,” Gates said.
- He continued, “Only by doing that in an aggressive way will the economic costs be brought down enough that we can turn to all the middle-income countries and say ‘OK, change your whole cement industry, change your whole steel industry.’”
