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The COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan aim to agree on an annual finance target of $1 trillion or more a year to help poorer countries respond to global warming. Some see new taxes as one way to get there.The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force (GSLT), led by France, Barbados and Kenya, is exploring the issue. Below are extracts from its latest report on the options being discussed and estimates about how much could be raised.ShippingThe levy that could be closest to being agreed is for shipping, responsible for around 3% of global emissions, with governments set to debate a series of measures at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization in April.Models for a levy include a Pacific islands and Caribbean proposal for a flat rate of $150 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), rising every five years, the GSLT said.The European Union and Japan favour a levy of $100 per ton in 2027, while countries including Bahamas and Liberia have proposed an initial flat rate of about $18.75 per ton.A levy of $150 to $300 per ton could generate $127 billion a year in 2027-2030, the GSLT said, citing a study by U.N. Trade and Development. Revenue would fall to $103 billion in 2031-2040 and $36 billion in 2041-2050 as ships became less polluting.AviationAviation accounts for 2% of global emissions yet is usually free of value-added tax (VAT) or sales taxes. Levies being discussed by the GSLT include kerosene fuel, private jet fuel, luxury tickets and frequent flyers, which together could generate $19 billion to $164 billion a year, it estimates.Around 29 countries already tax aviation fuel through excise duties, carbon levies or emission permits. The average price among G20 countries in 2021 was 9 euros ($9.50) per ton.Hurdles to a broader tax include ensuring a level playing field for industry players and overcoming legal barriers.At least 21 countries also already have some form of levy on airline tickets, at rates ranging from 2 euros in Portugal to almost 500 euros on some flights out of Britain, the GSLT said.Fossil fuelsCountries already impose levies on fossil fuels, including indirectly when gasoline is bought at the pump, through VAT, carbon taxes, or emissions-trading schemes, or via royalties or taxes on oil companies.GSLT said revenues could be generated in future through a levy on extraction or windfall taxes on energy company profits.A Climate Damages Tax of $5 per ton extracted in 2024 would generate an estimated $216 billion, a Greenpeace report this year said.An ActionAid report said a 50% tax on the windfall profits of the biggest 14 fossil fuel companies by market value in the two years to July 2023 would have generated around $173 billion.Financial transactionsMore than 30 countries have some form of levy on financial transactions including Britain, France, Italy, and Spain although agreeing a cross-border levy has proved tough.The Austrian Institute of Economic Research estimates a 0.1% levy on trading stocks and bonds and a 0.01% rate on derivatives trades globally could raise $238 billion to $419 billion a year.CarbonThe GSLT says there are currently 75 carbon pricing mechanisms across 83 jurisdictions, of which 36 are structured as emissions trading systems (ETS) and 39 as carbon taxes. In total, they cover 24% of global emissions.But most are priced more cheaply than the $40 to $80 a ton needed to keep the world on track to rein in global warming, due to political concern about the impact on households and businesses.A plan proposed by the International Monetary Fund would see countries agree a minimum price of $50 a ton, or of $25, $50, and $75 a ton varying with the stage of a countrys development.The GSLT said another option could be to link up existing trading schemes.WealthThe Group of 20 largest economies this year discussed whether to raise taxes on the super-rich.A report backed by current G20 leader Brazil proposed a global minimum tax of 2% of wealth for the worlds roughly 3,000 billionaires, to raise about $250 billion a year.Other options could include changing the threshold at which the tax kicks in and the rate at which it is applied.CryptoCryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are created by computation power driven by energy usage that creates emissions.In 2022, Kazakhstan moved to charge crypto miners between 1 and 25 Tenge ($0.002 to $0.056) per kilowatt-hour, the GSLT said. A global tax on electricity use of $0.045 per kWh could raise $5.2 billion, the IMF has estimated.A levy on crypto trading at 0.1% could raise $15.8 billion while a capital gains tax of 20% could raise up to $323 billion, IMF research shows.Plastics Countries are set to meet in South Korea next week to agree a deal on reining in plastics pollution, with Ghana and others calling for a levy on producers of virgin plastic polymers.A fee of $60 to $90 per tonne on primary polymer production could raise $25 billion to $35 billion a year, the GSLT said, citing analysis from Australian non-profit the Minderoo Foundation.($1 = 0.9473 euros)By Simon Jessop, Reuters

Donald Trumps selection on Tuesday of Howard Lutnick as Commerce secretary brought cheers from the cryptocurrency sector.Little surprise there. Lutnick has long advocated for cryptocurrency to be treated on equal footing with other financial assets. Bitcoin is like gold and should be free trade everywhere in the world, he said at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville in July. And as the largest wholesaler in the world, we are going to do everything in our power to make it so. Bitcoin . . . should trade the same as gold everywhere in the world without exception and without limitation.As commerce secretary, Lutnick will also be in regular talks with CEOs and the business community and could be an influential evangelist of crypto acceptance. He has certainly made no attempt to hide his enthusiasm over cryptocurrency. His investment firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, oversees some of the reserve funds for the Tether stablecoin, while many other Wall Street firms have shied away from crypto. Hes also quite bullish on Bitcoin, though has been dismissive of other tokens, saying theyre just not a thing.At that same conference, he bragged that Cantor owned a shit load of Bitcoin and announced the launch of a Bitcoin lending program, meant to give leverage to those who own Bitcoin. He committed Cantor Fitzgerald to $2 billion in loans as part of the program.Two months after the conference, Lutnick went on Fox Business and urged regulators to classify Bitcoin as a commodity, which would allow it to be treated the same as gold and oil. In that same interview, he expressed concerns that regulators in the Biden administration were unable to grasp the importance of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry.Lets face it: they dont even know how to do crypto and digital at all, and they have no idea; they still dont understand how important it is to get it right, he said.Lutnicks appointment as co-chair of the Trump transition team, before the commerce secretary announcement, was heralded by Alex Grieve, head of government affairs at Paradigm, a crypto investment firm, who wrote in a post on X that Lutnicks inclusion in the team is huge for crypto.https://twitter.com/AlexanderGrieve/status/1824435126119567731Now, Lutnick, if he is confirmed by the Senate, will oversee Trumps tariff and trade agenda as well as divisions such as the Census Bureau and the Economic Development Administration. Thats an important financial role, but one that doesnt have a direct impact on the future of cryptocurrency. Its not exactly powerless, though.The Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023, which passed the House earlier this year, would give the secretary of commerce the power to take actions necessary and appropriate to promote the competitiveness of the United States [in] blockchain technology or other distributed ledger technology. The bill is currently in the Senate.Regardless of the bills outcome, Lutnick is a longtime close associate of Trump and his enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies likely had an effect on the president-elect. In May, the Trump campaign began accepting crypto donations and began building what he called a crypto army to win over young voters.He has also won the support of fellow crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, who had lobbied for Lutnick to become Treasury Secretary, writing he would actually enact change if he got the job, adding Business-as-usual is driving America bankrupt, so we need change one way or another.Robert F. Kennedy joined in the praise, as well, writing Bitcoin is the currency of freedom, a hedge against inflation for middle-class Americans, a remedy against the dollars downgrade from the worlds reserve currency, and the offramp from a ruinous national debt. Bitcoin will have no stronger advocate than Howard Lutnick.

Media company Highsnobiety and organisation Bauhaus-Archiv have collaborated on a collection that includes homeware, a clothing line, and an embossed Marcel Breuer D4 chair.The collaboration celebrates the "shared German heritage" of Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv, as both are based in Berlin, where the latteroversees a museum and archive containing "the world's largest Bauhaus collection".Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv have released a second collaborationIt is the second collaboration between the two and contains branded clothing, as well as homeware ranging from a coffee kettle to a D4 chair and ottoman originally designed by German designer Marcel Breuer and reissued by German manufacturer Tecta."The Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv capsule collection pays homage to the Bauhaus legacy through a thoughtful selection of apparel, daily living objects, and homeware," said the team.The capsule collection encompasses homeware and clothing"Together, Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv are celebrating not only the movement's enduring impact on design but also their shared German heritage."A seminal creation by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer, the D4 chair was created in the 1920s and is characterized by its steel frame and black belt backrest, armrest and seat.It celebrates the brands' shared German heritageFor the Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv collection, the piece was embossed with the words Neue Baukunst (New Building), which refers to a label given to the modern architecture of the 1920s, across the front of its backrest and leather straps and buckles close the back.The chair, as well as an accompanying stool, was made using vegetable-tanned cow leather and a nickeled steel frame.Read: Dezeen's guide to Bauhaus architecture and designA rounded side table is also part of the collection, which features the same steel frame as the chair.Homeware pieces in the collection include a black Fellow coffee grinder, kettle, and water bottle, all of which feature the collaboration's Highsnobiety x Bauhaus-Archiv branding.Clothing ranges from t-shirts and long sleeve shirts to a varsity jacket and knit sweaterClothing and accessories are also part of the limited release and include items such as a knit sweater with an image of the D4 printed chair across its front, a sweatshirt, a varsity jacket and t-shirts with various branding, and a large black tote.According to the team, the collection's imagery was captured at the Tautes Heim in Berlin, a small home and museum designed by architect Bruno Taut, which emphasises "the collection's commitment to authentic aesthetics of the 1920s".The limited release also pays homage to the Bauhaus legacy"The Bauhaus school and subsequent movement were all about breaking tradition, re-shaping ideas of what art, architecture, society, tech, and education mean in the collective consciousness," said Highsnobiety in an Instagram post."This mindset provided the inspiration for Bauhaus-Archiv x Highsnobiety capsule-collection."Recently, an exhibit that featured Lucia Moholy's photographs of the Bauhaus movement took place in Prague and furniture brand Knoll released new colours of its Bauhaus-era designs.The photography is courtesy of Highsnobiety.The post Highsnobiety and Bauhaus-Archiv release collection that features Marcel Breuer chair appeared first on Dezeen.

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a stretchable digital screen by LG Display. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.LG Displayunveiled a flexible digital screen, capable of stretching up to 50 per cent and bending into various shapes, after five years of development.Readers were intrigued, with one praising the "amazing engineering," adding, "it's just a matter of time until these screens are larger and smaller for even more diverse applications".The Great Exhibition adds "world's first office rollercoaster" to its Stockholm studioOther stories in this week's newsletter that fired up the comments section included the "world's first office rollercoaster" by creative studio The Great Exhibition, the latest Neom news from Saudi Arabia and a terraced London house with green window frames completed by architectural studio CAN.Dezeen DebateDezeen Debate is sent every Tuesday and features a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Debate or subscribe here.You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; Dezeen Agenda is sent every Tuesday containing a selection of the most important news highlights from the week, Dezeen Daily is our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours and Dezeen In Depth is sent on the last Friday of every month and delves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design.The post Dezeen Debate features stretchable screen that showcases "amazing engineering" appeared first on Dezeen.