炭素税

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炭	素	税
たん Grade: 3	そ Grade: 5	ぜい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
炭素稅 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tã̠ɰ̃so̞ze̞ː]

Noun

炭(たん)素(そ)税(ぜい) • (tansozei) 

1. carbon tax (a tax on fossil fuels to discourage production of carbon dioxide)
   • 2017 July 1, [Japan] Ministry of the Environment, “Sho gaikoku ni okeru tansozei nado no dōnyū shōkyō [Circumstances around the introduction of carbon taxes in various foreign countries]”, in Kankyōshō‎^[1] (PDF):

     フィンランドは、1990(せんきゅうひゃくきゅうじゅう)年(ねん)に世(せ)界(かい)初(はつ)の炭(たん)素(そ)税(ぜい)を導(どう)入(にゅう)。

     Finrando wa, senkyūhyakukyūjū-nen ni sekaihatsu no tansozei o dōnyū.

     In Finland, the world’s first carbon tax was introduced in 1990.

   • 2021 March 1, “‘Tansozei’ honkaku dōnyū o kankyōshō kentō, zeiritsu o dankai-teki ni hikiage e [Ministry of the Environment considering introduction of a ‘carbon tax’, with gradually increasing rate]”, in Yomiuri Shimbun‎^[2]:

     国(こく)内(ない)では2012(にせんじゅうに)年(ねん)から炭(たん)素(そ)税(ぜい)の一(いっ)種(しゅ)として二(に)酸(さん)化(か)炭(たん)素(そ)（Ｃ(シー)Ｏ(オー)２(ツー)）排(はい)出(しゅつ)量(りょう)に応(おう)じて原(げん)油(ゆ)やガスなどの化(か)石(せき)燃(ねん)料(りょう)の輸(ゆ)入(にゅう)業(ぎょう)者(しゃ)らに課(か)税(ぜい)する地(ち)球(きゅう)温(おん)暖(だん)化(か)対(たい)策(さく)税(ぜい)（温(おん)対(たい)税(ぜい)）を導(どう)入(にゅう)している。

     Kokunai de wa nisenjūni-nen kara tansozei no isshu toshite nisankatanso (shīōtsū) haishutsu ryō ni ōjite gen'yu ya gasu nado no kaseki nenryō no yunyū gyōshara ni kazei suru chikyū ondanka taisaku zei (ontaizei) o dōnyū shite-iru.

     In this country in 2012 a kind of carbon tax was introduced to prevent carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by levying proportional taxes on importers of fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas as a measure against global warming (warming tax).