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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Tax on AI and crypto could fund climate action, says former Paris accords envoy

Dr Laurence Tubiana speaks during an G20 event at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington DC in April 2024.
Laurence Tubiana is co-lead of an international initiative to find new sources of funds for climate action by taxing highly polluting activities. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Governments should consider taxing artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to generate funds to deal with the climate crisis, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said.

Laurence Tubiana, the chief executive of the European Climate Foundation and a former French diplomat, is co-lead of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, an international initiative to find new sources of funds for climate action by taxing highly polluting activities including aviation and fossil fuel extraction.

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