A look at carbon tariffs, a 2035 ban on gasoline and diesel vehicles, and the 2030 renewable energy target. Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 10-point climate plan launched last November, which banned the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans by 2030, the UK announced a ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel large trucks by 2040 as part of its 2050 net-zero transport emissions plan. Meanwhile, the EU and US made progress on carbon border taxes almost simultaneously on the 14th. The UK is reducing transport emissions by adding a 2040 ban on gasoline trucks for freight transport and zero-emission domestic flights. Transport is the UK's most polluting sector, accounting for approximately one-third of the country's carbon dioxide emissions before the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK's plan to reduce transport emissions also includes achieving net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, with the goal of reducing emissions from domestic flights to net zero by early 2040. However, the plan has been criticized as unrealistic because the technology to reduce the climate impact of aviation is still in its infancy. The government also announced it will replace its fleet of 40,000 cars and trucks with zero-emission vehicles by 2027, three years earlier than originally planned. The British government has yet to release full details of its transport decarbonization plan, but expects to do so before the United Nations Climate Summit, Cop26, hosted by the UK in November. Europe and the US are simultaneously pursuing carbon border taxes, with the US proposing a \"pollution import fee.\" The EU's recently announced carbon border tax is designed to protect domestic manufacturing while pressuring other countries to reduce emissions. On the same day, US Democrats also agreed to tax imports from countries lacking proactive climate policies as part of a comprehensive $3.5 trillion climate budget. The budget also includes other provisions to reduce US fossil fuel pollution. Senior Democrats called this a coincidence, stating that the US and Europe must work together to pressure China and other heavily polluting countries to reduce their carbon emissions. The budget also includes several key Democratic priorities on climate change, including a clean electricity standard requiring power companies to gradually increase electricity generated by wind, solar, and other clean sources until they emit no carbon dioxide. However, numerous political and procedural hurdles remain before this budget blueprint can be realized. Skeptics argue that since no country currently has a carbon border tax, enforcement would be difficult, potentially angering trading partners and leading to challenges at the World Trade Organization. Europeans outlined their plan in a 291-page document, but Democrats released no details of the proposed tax on the 14th, referring only to it as a \"pollution import fee\" without explaining the tax's content, rate, or expected revenue. In theory, a carbon border tax would require companies that want to sell steel and other goods to the United States to pay for each ton of carbon dioxide emitted during their manufacturing. If countries don't do so, the United States could set its own price. However, experts say verifying the amount of carbon pollution generated by foreign manufacturing is difficult. \"A carbon border tax is most effective when we don't have to use it,\" said Joseph E. Aldy, a Harvard University environmental economist and former senior energy and climate advisor to President Barack Obama. \"If we threaten to use it, it can get trading partners to reduce their emissions to avoid being taxed. I think that's very important and can be quite effective.\" Source: Environmental Information Center (https:\/\/e-info.org.tw\/node\/231719)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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