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(...) A carbon tax is also charged on domestic and imported carbon based fuels as a specific duty per litre which varies by product based on its emissions. (...)

Table 3.7 VAT exempt imports
VAT exempt imports
(…)
Temporary imports of heavy machinery for basic industries [b], provided they are not produced in Colombia
Machinery or equipment, provided they are not produced in Colombia, for the recycling and processing of garbage or waste, and for purifying or treating waste water, atmospheric emissions or solid wastes, provided they form part of a programme approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Equipment for environmental control and monitoring, including that needed to comply with the Montreal Protocol
(...)
[b] (...) purification (...) of water.

In case of import from non EAEU member countries customs authorities calculate and collect (…) environmental taxes before release of goods except for the cases fixed in legislation.

(...) A natural resource tax applies to the oil and gas industry and to businesses involved in the exploitation of rare and precious resources, including oil shale/petroleum and natural gas, metallic/non-metallic minerals, construction materials, peat, anthracite, hydro-electric power, and land concessions. Tobacco, coffee, tea, and flower seeds are also subject to the natural resource tax. The applicable rates vary from 5% to 25% of the sale or export price, or are based on a tax per cubic metre. For wood, the taxes vary depending upon the type of wood.

An environmental levy is imposed on imports of used motor vehicles.(...) Following the enactment of the Traffic Safety Act, 2018, an imported truck aged five years or more attracts the environmental levy at 20% of the c.i.f. value. In addition, used clothing, used shoes and other used articles are subject to the environmental levy at 15% of the c.i.f. value.

(...) In general, Botswana applies the tariff exemptions and other concessions that are stipulated in the Schedules to the Customs and Excise Act of 1964, which are: (...) Fuel levy and Environmental Levy; and Refunds and Rebates of Excise Duties, Fuel Levy and Environmental Levy (Main Report).

Table 3.4 Federal excise taxes
Fund/subject Products
(…)
General funds
(…)
Ozone-depleting chemicals Certain CFC and related chemicals
(…)

Norway has an Excise Act and related regulations that provide the framework for excise duties, together with the Storting's annual decisions on each of the excise duties respectively. The excise rates are updated annually by the Storting, in line with changes in the consumer price index, so that the tax incidence will remain unchanged. As of 2018, there were 17 categories of excise duties applied mainly on goods, but also on emissions (NOx) (...)

The transportation-energy-environment tax law was amended in 2016. Under this third three-year extension of its sunset clause, the transportation-energy-environment tax continues to be levied on gasoline (₩475 per litre) and diesel oil (₩340 per litre) until end-2018 (instead of the individual consumption tax); its rates remain unchanged. As of 2016, the flexible transportation-energy-environment tax framework set on 21 May 2009 continued to apply to gasoline and diesel oil within a 30% range of the statutory tax rates, i.e. ₩529 per litre and ₩375 per litre, respectively. Conditional exemptions apply to petrol and diesel used in the manufacture of medical goods, fertilizers and petro chemicals, vehicles for disabled persons or rental usage. (...)

In 2015, the VAT on solar water heating equipment was reduced from 14% to 10%. Customs duties on certain equipment that uses renewable energy have been at the minimum rate of 2.5% since 2009.