COP30: Amid protests, a call for a global carbon tax

COP30:抗议声中,全球碳税呼吁响起

World Business Report

2025-11-13

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In Brazil, Indigenous protesters have stormed the COP30 venue in Belém over broken land rights promises. Inside, climate talks continue with shipping under scrutiny. Leanna Byrne chats with the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation, who’s pushing for a global carbon levy despite US and Saudi opposition. Also, a Chinese tycoon accused of running a vast scam compound in Myanmar is extradited to Beijing. And Greek farmers protest soaring costs, delayed subsidies and livestock diseases.
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  • A global shipping boss is fighting against President Trump's climate pushback.

  • It's world business expressed from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Leanna Byrne.

  • Farmers protests in Greece are threatening the country's political stability and a casino tycoon.

  • Accuser running a scam centre has been extradited to Beijing.

  • So we start in Brazil where dozens of indigenous protesters have stormed the venue in Belém,

  • which is hosting the COP30 climate talks.

  • They're angry over what they say are broken promises on land rights.

  • They clashed with police before dispersing, while the climate negotiations carried on inside.

  • One sector under particular scrutiny at these talks is shipping.

  • It's a big emitter that has struggled to agree on a global carbon levy.

  • I spoke to Arsenault Dominguez, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization.

  • who's in Belam,

  • still pushing for that deal despite ongoing opposition from the United States and Saudi Arabia.

  • The decision was to actually postpone the adoption,

  • which was the final stage before the measure can then start being implemented and work on some of the concerns that were highlighted.

  • And it's some of the actions that I'm taking here at COP with several parties in engaging and explaining what were those comments,

  • how we are progressing the negotiations because we haven't stopped.

  • Just because we are not meeting as a session, it doesn't mean that the work has completely stalled.

  • I'm sure it's really hard to keep that momentum going, though, when you have the US,