The Zambia Institute of Environmental Management (ZIEM) has welcomed the recently introduced Carbon Emission Tax.
ZIEM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Morgan Katati says the institute is of the view that the revenue from carbon emission tax should adequately fund the environmental sector.
He told ZANIS in a statement today that Zambia has for a long time now been using the standards setting approach through licensing and emission standards according to statutory instrument No. 141 of 1996 Act No. 12 of EPPCA 1990.
He explained that the taxation approach is another abatement model used to collect money from polluters and information has it that carbon emission tax may be the low cost solution of achieving a given standard of pollution control.
He said ZIEM has, however, raised serious concerns that need to be addressed before the commencement of the tax.
Mr. Katati observed that major stakeholders were not consulted in coming up with the tax approach as a means of anti pollution measure.
He advised government to consider consulting exhaustively on the importance of the tax issue as most people are in the dark regarding the issues pertaining to carbon emission tax.
He further explained that there is also lack of knowledge on the damage function of each pollutant which needs to be addressed as there must be some knowledge on marginal external cost of each form of pollution adding that this alone is difficult to estimate in practice.
‘’Therefore this concern requires that as a country we invest certain level of technology and high levels of expertise to spell out challenges to do with pollution figures if we avoid figures being “massaged” for the purpose of collecting the tax” he said.
Mr. Katati said the tax approach is costly to implement at times and is usually open to legal wrangling if it is based on the measure of economic value of damage which he said is usually disputed by the polluter.
He noted that in order to address the concerns, the standards of emissions should be clarified in order to come up with a perfect threshold which would attract a tax.
He said government should establish the impact of carbon tax on the current revenue structure as this leads to proper selection of tax collection structures.
Mr. Katati added that since government wants tax emission to become law, it is wise to follow the path of ecological development paradigm as many countries that have effected the law do.
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This is good move but make sure the money is used for the intended purpose!!!!!!!!!
its doesnt make sense to me.This is just implimenation of orders from NWO
carbon tax not a problem, there should be different amounts for diffrent car u cant charge the same price does not make sence
# it is charged according to the engine capacity.
Could someone please shed more light on what the collected money will be used for
Am not paying the carbon tax until it is explained to me in detail.How will they determine how much carbon my car is emitting coz the levels of pollution per vehicle differ hence paying the uniform rate will not work.I bet this money will be used to fund elections coz no tangible road map has been provided for the utilisation of the funds
This is a pathetic attempt at more taxation for an laready impoverished people. How do you start implementing carbon taxation when you do not even have an industrial base? How else are you going to develop? Oh! clean technologies should be the answer. Does anyone really believe that solar and/or wind power can drive industrial revolution in Zambia. Geez! talk about self-castration.. it is painful and you get none of the benefits. To those global warmists – get back into your synagogue of satan and wallow in your own hubris.
#2 you are correct.The final Copenhagen agreement was largely dismissed as a failure by the mainstream media, it did establish the framework for a global government which will control climate finances via taxes on CO2 emissions.Prepare for hard times ahead.
Can someone explain what this tax will do for Zambian. We are heavily taxed but the government fails to deliver. Just the other day the Mufulira Kitwe road was reported to being repaired when people ARE just putting soil. How much tax will pay as a charcoal burner who smokes cigars?
#9 The main goal of Copenhagen meeting last month was to a “establish the mechanism, the structure, and above all the funding for a world government”.
The final text of the accord states that funds obtained from climate financing will be controlled by a “governance structure”, and that a “High Level Panel”will be appointed to decide where the money will come from. In effect, this means that a UN-controlled structure of global governance will override the sovereignty of nation states in collecting and doling out funds obtained under the justification of climate change.
You guys there should be a instrument to measure this carbon because we cant be paying the same amount with people who have cars which produce smoke like when charcoal is being made.
I believe that carbon emission tax is largely targeted at Corporations that produce pollutants as a result of the business that they conduct. The tax would be applicable to mining companies, milling companies and other manufacturing/ commercial agricultural companies whose production process results in some pollution. As for indvidual cars? This is not the type of tax that can be imposed on car owners as it would be difficult to determine the level of carbon emission produced by such contraptions. It is, however, important to have a standardized formula accepted by all concerned parties that is able to provide a realistic gauge of how much pollution a company has emitted as well as qualified expertise who are able to give concrete numbers for tax calculation purposes.
# 7 Jutsu ,… I concur.
We are always copying ideas from the west…. It’s time we started thinking for ourselves and determine for ourselves what is appropiate to our level of development. True the mines do pollute , but it’s not just carbon pollution . There has been a lot of land and river pollution from mining over the last 80 yrs or so in Zambia and do any of our leaders really examine the true extent of that ?..
This idea is a joke actually..definitely stinks of NWO !
What the hell? I cant believe we are even discussing this tax! This is just a fundraising tactic by the MMD. The carbon footprint of the entire country is negligeable. To simplify, if pollution emitted by the world were the ocean, zambia’s contribution would be a glass! This bull should be stopped.the world is cutting taxes and you are introducing more. Shemuna!
The censored word is gl.a.s.s. Lt, seriously?
This is not workable in Zambia. The cost of repairs for catalyptic corventers in Zambia is so high that ordinary Zambians can not afford. Most vehicles bieng driven in Zambia are more twenty years old ,and are prone to such problems as carbon emmissions, that means you will have to impound almost every vehicle in the country to be able to collect the tax.