Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf XVI slams the demands at the UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil for the West to pay more climate taxes on emissions: ”How much are we actually supposed to pay” the King asks. After having been sent to Brazil to represent Sweden at the summit, the King has made a series of statements that are viewed as controversial by climate activists. “You can think what ever you want about this, but how much are we actually supposed to pay? That is the crucial question” the King said and slammed the politicians’ plans for “richer” to earmark more funds for combatting CO₂ emissions than such as China. “That every country should be able to sign the same piece of paper – that’s simply not possible. Everyone has to take their own responsibilities and do the best they can,” the King suggested instead. He also criticised the fact that the EU countries, which account for only 6% of global emissions, are expected to pay huge sums if the new UN climate agreement is passed. “Europe produces only 6% of emissions and everyone still complains about that, saying it’s too much. But the rest of the world is much, much worse,” said the King. 🇸🇪🇪🇺🇨🇳