Tax carbon cautiously for sub-Saharan Africa

Jörg Peters, Gunther Bensch, Ashwini Dabadge, Anicet Munyehirwe, Julian Rose, Maximiliane Sievert, Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo and Jann Lay
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Gunther Bensch: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Ashwini Dabadge: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Anicet Munyehirwe: IB&C Kigali
Julian Rose: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Maximiliane Sievert: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo: RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Jann Lay: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Nature Climate Change, 2025, vol. 15, issue 1, 7-9

Abstract: A carbon tax will not curb current emissions in sub-Saharan Africa and is unlikely to prevent future carbon lock-in effects. Meanwhile, a carbon tax could hit the poor in this region, thus the international community should be careful in pushing sub-Saharan Africa towards carbon taxation.

Date: 2025
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