‘Two UN agencies plan to tax global shipping & aviation for their greenhouse gas emissions’ – ‘First

[rangerrebew]

‘Two UN agencies plan to tax global shipping & aviation for their greenhouse gas emissions’ – ‘First time an unelected institution has levied taxes on major sectors of global economic activity’
By Admin
June 22, 2026
4:52 pm

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/22/united-nations-imo-taxes-unaccountable-shipping-aviation/

Analysis: The UN’s plan to levy taxes on global trade is a sinister power grab

By Brenda Shaffer

If these precedents on emissions charges and compulsory offsets stand, the appetite of unelected institutions for fiscal power will grow

International energy and climate policies stand at the center 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 Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (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 recognize the threat posed by taxation without representation and oppose this power grab by the UN.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2026/06/22/two-un-agencies-plan-to-tax-global-shipping-aviation-for-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions-first-time-an-unelected-institution-has-levied-taxes-on-major-sectors-of-global-economic-activity/

[rangerrebew]

I've got a feeling this could cause the UN to take a seat on the US bench, just like NATO.

[Fishrrman]

How should the shipping companies respond?

DON'T PAY the taxes.

Tell the UN to send their armies to enforce it.