The globalists will look for any means to tax and regulate our lives.

International energy and climate policies stand at the centre of one of the most defining political issues of our time: the expanding power of unelected institutions such as the United Nations in the lives of people in democratic societies.

Two UN agencies – the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – plan to tax global shipping and aviation for their greenhouse gas emissions. This would mark the first time an unelected institution has levied taxes on major sectors of global economic activity. The planned levies would expand the power and budgets of these agencies with no democratic accountability.

Regardless of one’s views on climate change, proponents of democracy should recognise the threat posed by taxation without representation and oppose this power grab by the UN.

If approved, Dr. Shaffer points out, UN-mandated levies on international shipping and aviation would increase costs globally, contributing to worldwide inflationary pressures. While maritime transport generates only about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a UN tax would impact nearly every traded product since ships move more than 80% of world trade—a proportion projected to rise.

Civil aviation similarly contributes roughly 2.5% of global emissions, and proposed carbon offset mandates would impose additional expenses on international air travel.

According to critics, Shafer says. the IMO’s taxation plan would generate billions in revenue for the organization without meaningfully reducing emissions, as there are insufficient zero-carbon or low-carbon fuel supplies that meet the IMO’s standards. The organization projects the scheme would boost its budget by an estimated $11 billion to $13 billion (£8.1bn–£9.6bn), while potentially doubling shipping fuel costs at a minimum.

This is nothing more than a global power and cash grab. If the two UN agencies pull this off, then it will mean the end of shipping and air travel industries as we know it.

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