South Africa is ranked among the top 15 emitters of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per capita in the world, making us the most polluted non-oil producing nation. The deadline for paying the carbon tax for the 1 June – 31 December 2019 period is looming at the end of October.

But questions are being raised about the imposition of this tax against the backdrop of South Africa’s Covid weakened economy. A new book has just been published to help guide you through the carbon tax maze, a Concise Guide. Michael Avery speaks to co-authors Andrew Gilder, and Olivia Rumble, directors at Climate Legal and Mansoor Parker, an Executive at ENSafrica in the Tax department, about how one navigates that maze later on.