Passing the buck for pollution

Developed countries should shoulder their own responsibilities instead of imposing a carbon tax on developing economies

Developing countries should take active measures to head off the impact of developed countries' intensified attempts to shift the cost of their historical carbon emissions to developing countries.

In a move designed to make developing nations pay the price for the treatment of their own carbon dioxide emissions, the Unites States, Japan and European nations have proposed a carbon tax on commodities coming into their territories.