{"id":3013,"date":"2023-09-07T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:22:12","slug":"avocado-roundup-african-leaders-call-for-global-carbon-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/avocado-roundup-african-leaders-call-for-global-carbon-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Avocado Roundup: African Leaders Call for Global Carbon Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3013\" class=\"elementor elementor-3013\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03bdd3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03bdd3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-180f5cc\" data-id=\"180f5cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81838a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a81838a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tAvocado Roundup is a quick morning review of top tax, legal, and climate news stories. It\u2019s written by humans.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc8861e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc8861e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa3f013\" data-id=\"aa3f013\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a4e4a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a4e4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>African leaders capped their three-day climate summit in Nairobi, Kenya, with a joint proposal for a global carbon tax to fund the fight against climate change. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-66733557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><i>BBC<\/i><\/u><\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/carbon-pulse.com\/220491\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>Carbon Pulse<\/u><\/i><\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50a1d81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50a1d81\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe58394\" data-id=\"fe58394\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7256318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7256318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Denmark&#8217;s supreme court ruled against Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk and French group TotalEnergies in a $187 million tax evasion case accusing the companies of abusive transfer pricing in their Algeria and Qatar units. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradewindsnews.com\/law\/danish-court-rules-against-maersk-and-totalenergies-in-187m-tax-evasion-case\/2-1-1513827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>TradeWinds<\/u><\/i><\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/maersk-and-totalenergies-lose-187m-danish-supreme-court-tax-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><i>Splash247<\/i><\/u><\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ff29ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ff29ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-443b7de\" data-id=\"443b7de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e512816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e512816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Shearman &amp; Sterling lost Paris managing partner&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xaviernorlain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>Xavier Norlain<\/u><\/i><\/a>&nbsp;and three other M&amp;A and private equity partners who left for Proskauer Rose ahead of Shearman&#8217;s planned merger with UK elite firm Allen &amp; Overy. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnlondon.com\/articles\/shearman-sterling-paris-team-quits-ahead-of-allen-overy-merger-20230906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><i>Financial News<\/i><\/u><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-543ca94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"543ca94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef67cc1\" data-id=\"ef67cc1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735c055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"735c055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed announced Thursday that its international arbitration head for Europe, partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/s%C3%A9bastienbonnard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>S\u00e9bastien Bonnard<\/u><\/i><\/a>, is the new managing partner of its Paris office. He takes over from anti-corruption and internal investigations partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bryan-sillaman-935b317\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>Bryan Sillaman<\/u><\/i><\/a>, a former US Securities and Exchange enforcement lawyer who had led the office for five years. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hugheshubbard.com\/news\/hughes-hubbard-reed-announces-the-appointment-of-sebastien-bonnard-as-the-new-managing-partner-of-its-paris-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>HughesHubbard.com<\/u><\/i><\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a35f2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a35f2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fe0f5c\" data-id=\"6fe0f5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e8ad42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e8ad42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>France\u2019s 2024 budget will eliminate a tax break for non-road use of diesel fuel in the agriculture and building industries, as part of a tax policy shift to favor green investments, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1699677678947750066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>announced<\/u><\/i>\u00a0<\/a>Thursday. Le Maire stressed that France&#8217;s road-transport industry won\u2019t be affected by the tax hike, to protect its competitiveness. However, he said French truckers already pay more diesel fuel tax than truckers pay in Italy and Spain. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.francetvinfo.fr\/politique\/bruno-le-maire\/suppression-de-la-niche-fiscale-sur-le-gazole-non-routier-les-transporteurs-ne-seront-pas-concernes-par-cette-mesure-annonce-bruno-le-maire_6048251.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>FranceInfo<\/u><\/i><\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dadadf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dadadf6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd39c64\" data-id=\"fd39c64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23734eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23734eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Dentons\u2019 Vietnamese branch Dentons LuatViet hired veteran tax and transfer pricing lawyer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lieu-phan-14a97216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>Phan Thi Lieu<\/u><\/i><\/a>\u00a0as senior partner in Ho Chi Minh City. She\u2019s former Vietnam head of tax at French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel and has had senior roles at Deloitte, EY, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentonsluatviet.com\/en\/about-dentons-luatviet\/news\/2023\/september\/dentons-luatviet-welcomes-esteemed-tax-attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><u>DentonsLuatVie<\/u><\/i>t.com<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-179e9f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"179e9f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2e6c0a\" data-id=\"a2e6c0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f727d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f727d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Big Law firms are aren&#8217;t doing much with LinkedIn but corporate counsel use it regularly, according to a report. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/pulse\/articles\/1718228\/biglaw-neglects-linkedin-as-clients-flock-to-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><i>Law360<\/i><\/u><\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avocado Roundup is a quick morning review of top tax, legal, and climate news stories. It\u2019s written by humans. African leaders capped their three-day climate summit in Nairobi, Kenya, with a joint proposal for a global carbon tax to fund the fight against climate change. (BBC) (Carbon Pulse) Denmark&#8217;s supreme court ruled against Danish shipping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,78,30,80,54,79,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-carbon-tax","category-climate","category-diesel-fuel","category-energy","category-environment","category-law-firms-lawyers","category-tax"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3013"}],"version-history":[{"count":155,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3170,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3013\/revisions\/3170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalavocado.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}