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‘Polluters must pay’: UN chief calls for taxes on fossil fuel profits as he opens General Assembly | South China Morning Post

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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged rich countries to tax windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. During a speech opening the UN General Assembly on September 20, 2022, he said the world must “hold fossil fuel companies and their enablers to account”. Guterres proposed that funds collected…

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