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29/01/25
Press Release
Press Release
Reimagining global finance: task force launches consultation on 16 new levies to fund climate and development action
30 January 2025, Paris – The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force has today launched an open consultation to gather feedback on innovative straw-man proposals for 16 levies on sectors that are undertaxed and contribute disproportionately more to global carbon emissions. The task force – which was established by France, Kenya and Barbados – has put…

19/12/24
Press Release
Press Release
Global Solidarity Levies Task Force announces key leadership appointments
The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force: For People and the Planet is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr Ismail Momoniat as Co-Lead of the Secretariat and Ms Friederike Röder as Director of the Secretariat.

14/11/24
Press Release
Press Release
COP29: Global Solidarity Levies Task Force progress report unveils options for solidarity levies

12/11/24
Press Release
Press Release
World leaders pledge action on climate and development finance as Coalition for Solidarity Levies launched at COP29
08/11/24
Article
Article
The Case for Solidarity Levies
Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley, and William Ruto | First published in Project Syndicate l levies on carbon dioxide emissions and other economic activities that channel proceeds to developing countries. The benefits of scaling up such measures would be far-reaching. BAKU – From Bridgetown to Nairobi to Paris, no country is immune to the worsening…

09/10/24
Press Release
Press Release
Momentum builds around solidarity levies as Denmark joins global task force
Denmark has joined the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force (GSLTF), a task force working to make polluters pay to finance climate and development action. This announcement comes in the wake of a packed United Nations General Assembly schedule for the task force, as Heads of State, sherpas and co-chairs gathered in New York to further progress on solidarity levies discussions.
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