The United Nations Came Real Close to Getting a Global Climate Tax

And they would have, if not for the resistance of the current United States presidential administration. Here’s what happened,

Last month, the United Nations attempted to pass the first ever global carbon tax. It won’t be the last.

This would have increased the cost of energy, food, and fuel around the world.  The International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, proposed a global carbon tax on the shipping industry. This agency would have collected the revenue and then distributed it for such things as rewarding “low-emission ships” and for U.N. income redistribution schemes to “mitigate negative [climate] impacts on vulnerable nations.” I wonder if this is how the U.N. seeks to make up for lost USAID revenue.

This tax is especially egregious because it was a violation of the sovereignty of the U.S. and other nations. A U.N. international body would be imposing a tax on Americans, something that appears to be a first. The tax, according to the State Department, would have increased global shipping costs by over ten percent.

It’s also yet another example of liberal Europe and the U.N. trying to dictate the climate policies of other countries and enrich themselves in the process.