We are all sitting in the same boat here. Fingerpointing to the West is insincere because it's the same attitude the West had when nobody cared about the enviro

We are all sitting in the same boat here. Fingerpointing to the West is insincere because it's the same attitude the West had when nobody cared about the environment yet, but directed outwards. It's also not helpful at all. Developing countries have to also somehow take part in the climate change mitigation efforts, else the West will have trouble convincing their citizens to accept climate change mitigation policies, and the latter will be right in the assumption that their contribution won't matter. And you have a good point, but eventually, also people in the West will have to accept that climate change will impact them somehow. Sealevels will continue to rise, weather extrems will become worse, viable farmland will become more rare, and overall living cost will rise even without an increase in taxation. Carbon tax is just a tool to account for climate change in a capitalist framework. Increased taxation on obsolete and inefficient technologies should be offset by deductions and subsidies. If the carbon tax becomes burgeoning, reducing or dropping the VAT could be worthwile.