South Africa tells UK carbon border tax will deepen inequality

South Africa has told the UK that its plans to impose a carbon tax on imported goods will deepen global inequality and hamper Africa’s ability to adapt to climate change. The criticism of the measure, which the UK plans to introduce by 2027, comes as developing economies such as South Africa accuse industrialized nations of shifting the obligation to combat global warming to poorer countries. The European Union began levying its own so-called Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) last year.