Topics to impress this week. 1. Is a meat tax next?Move over, taxes on carbon and sugar: the global levy that may be next is meat. Bloomberg reports that some investors expect governments around the world to find a way to tax meat production as they aim to improve public health and hit the emissions targets set in the Paris climate agreement. This means meat could meet the same fate as tobacco, carbon and sugar, which are currently taxed in 180, 60 and 25 jurisdictions around the world. Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock comprise about 14.5% of the global total. 2. Tesla’s Musk passes the hat around Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has changed his Twitter bio to "hat salesman". The Tesla boss may have plans for humans to reach Mars, but he is also peddling hats to promote his latest venture, The Boring Company.3. Buying into the nuclear dream SA, it seems, isn’t the only African country with ambitions to pursue nuclear energy. For now, SA has the only nuclear plant on th...
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