Nairobi, Jan. 21 -- Kenya is among the top collectors of environment-related taxes (ERTRs) in Africa, underscoring its capacity to mobilise climate-linked revenue even as the limited use of pollution and resource levies lags those of its peers.

An ERTR is a levy imposed on items or services that have a potentially harmful impact on the environment. The taxes are meant to make polluters pay for the negative products they produce and encourage them to adopt sustainable practices.

In Kenya, the ERTRs are presently primarily excise duties on petroleum products. There are also new levies proposed under the draft National Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework, which targets a host of new ERTRs including a change in the transport fuel tax r...