{"id":52201,"date":"2024-07-22T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=52201"},"modified":"2024-07-22T18:22:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:22:56","slug":"a-global-wealth-tax-is-needed-to-help-fund-a-just-low-carbon-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/07\/22\/a-global-wealth-tax-is-needed-to-help-fund-a-just-low-carbon-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"A global wealth tax is needed to help fund a just green transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Ilan Zugman\u00a0 is Latin America Director at <a href=\"http:\/\/350.org\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">350.org<\/a>, based in Brazil, and\u00a0 Fanny Petitbon is France Team Lead at <a href=\"http:\/\/350.org\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">350.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When G20 finance ministers gather in Rio de Janeiro this week, Brazil and France have a chance to put these powerful countries on track to deliver a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/04\/19\/global-billionaires-tax-to-fight-climate-change-and-hunger-rises-up-political-agenda\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">global wealth tax<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> that could raise over $680 billion per year in the fight to tackle poverty and the climate crisis. Both countries have been vocal supporters of taxing the super-rich to fund international development and climate action.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In April, finance ministers Fernando Haddad (Brazil) and Bruno Le Maire (France) announced their intent to tax the wealth of billionaires by at least two percent annually, prompting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/inequality\/2024\/apr\/25\/ministers-of-germany-brazil-south-africa-and-spain-why-we-need-a-global-tax-on-billionaires?CMP=share_btn_url\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ministers from Germany, South Africa and Spain<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to back the proposal. As the current host of the G20, Brazil commissioned an investigation into the feasibility of this global wealth tax &#8211; and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gabriel-zucman.eu\/files\/report-g20.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">results<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> were published by French economist Gabriel Zucman in June, generating further momentum in efforts to fill the funding gap for climate and development.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zucman\u2019s findings show that a global wealth tax on the super-rich &#8211; billionaires and people with assets worth more than $100 million &#8211; could be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/article\/2024\/jun\/25\/international-scheme-to-tax-billionaires-wealth-technically-feasible-study-finds\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">enforced successfully<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> even if all countries did not adopt it. It is also a popular measure: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/earth4all.life\/news\/tax-the-rich-say-g20-citizens\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">more than two-thirds of people across seventeen G20 countries show support for making the super-rich pay higher taxes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> as a means of funding major improvements to our economy and lifestyles.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This isn\u2019t surprising. Ensuring that billionaires are properly taxed could deliver significant, tangible benefits in people&#8217;s lives and go some way to addressing the systemic injustices and inequality reflected by the climate crisis and poverty.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/07\/18\/the-world-needs-a-new-global-deal-on-climate-and-development-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The world needs a <strong>new global deal<\/strong> on climate and development finance<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">An ambitious global wealth tax, together with higher and permanent tax on oil corporations and extraction, would provide hundreds of billions of dollars\/euros each year to properly fund scaling up renewable energy, rolling out heat pumps and insulation programmes to lower the cost of heating or cooling our homes, new public transport links, future-proof jobs and much more &#8211; helping communities to thrive.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It would also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2023\/09\/global-cost-of-g20-inaction-on-climate-and-debt-crises-potentially-catastrophic\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">end more than a decade of broken promises by G20 states<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, ensuring that some of the world\u2019s wealthiest countries have enough money in their national coffers to provide adequate finance to pay for those suffering the consequences of climate impacts now. Helping the poorest communities prepare for unnatural disasters like increased wildfires, flooding and sea level rise, and ensuring people can rebuild their homes, infrastructure and places of work when preventative measures are not an option.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Power to communities<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A global wealth tax is a moral imperative. By implementing a fairer system of taxation, the G20 could accelerate a just transition to a low-carbon economy, cutting dangerous carbon emissions and boosting living standards and energy access at great scale, while also tackling deep-rooted injustice. Delivering finance for community-oriented renewable energy projects across Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific would put power back in the hands of communities that continue to suffer from the violent legacy of colonialism and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/africa\/20231002-environmental-groups-sue-totalenergies-over-devastating-east-africa-oil-pipeline\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">extractive profiteering<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For this to be achieved France, and other wealthy nations in the G20 like Germany and the UK, must be willing to make concessions and assume historical responsibility for exploiting fossil fuel extraction in the economically poorer countries whose citizens are experiencing the worst consequences of the climate crisis. The emerging French government must deliver concrete plans to redirect its fortune and tax its billionaires towards a renewable energy-powered planet.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/07\/12\/where-east-african-oil-pipeline-meets-sea-displaced-farmers-bemoan-bad-deal-eacop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where <strong>East African oil pipeline<\/strong> meets sea, displaced farmers bemoan \u201cbad deal\u201d on compensation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is incumbent on both Brazil and France to seize the opportunity presented by growing support to deliver a global wealth tax at the meeting of powerful finance ministers this week. Both countries must do everything they can to build trust and political will around the crucial proposal. But this will be a challenge if they undermine their stance on the international stage with contrasting domestic policy, something both governments are guilty of.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brazil has been pushing for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20240612-brazil-s-lula-defends-oil-exploration-near-amazon-river\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">new oil projects, including in the Amazon<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and is gearing up to become the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moderndiplomacy.eu\/2023\/12\/04\/brazil-gears-up-to-become-fourth-largest-oil-producer\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> fourth-largest oil producer<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in the world. France,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/environment\/article\/2023\/11\/22\/france-refuses-to-pay-up-for-failing-to-meet-renewable-energies-targets_6279080_114.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> despite being fined<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> by the European Commission, is still<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/energy-environment\/news\/renewables-roll-out-in-france-too-slow-to-meet-2030-targets-report\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> not on track to meet its domestic renewable energy targets<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and announced in February a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2024\/02\/22\/france-announces-10-billion-euro-budget-cuts-as-growth-slows_6548218_7.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> two billion-euro cut to the budget allocated for environmental and energy transition programmes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. It is high time for both countries to stop the smoke and mirrors approach to international diplomacy, by aligning their commitments at national and international levels.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Leaders&#8217; summit<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This week, ministers Haddad and Le Maire have a responsibility to rally their G20 counterparts around the wealth tax proposal and send a strong and unified signal to heads of state and governments to take concrete action that delivers a global wealth tax on billionaires when they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g20.org\/en\/about-the-g20\/summit-rio-2024\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">meet in November<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The stakes are high. The vast scale of global inequality means that nearly one in eleven people around the world live below the poverty line <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/topic\/poverty\/overview#:~:text=Low%2Dincome%20countries%20were%20most%20impacted%20and%20have,living%20in%20extreme%20poverty%2C%20an%20increase%20of\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">according the World Bank<\/span><\/a>. <span data-contrast=\"none\">In addition, this is set to be yet another record-breaking year for climate impacts, in a critical decade to prevent global heating from tipping over the 1.5\u00b0C threshold &#8211; a limit beyond which the ability of impacted communities to survive and thrive will be put at intolerable risk. We need to see vast quantities of finance mobilised to scale up renewable energy at the speed needed, and billionaires and multi-millionaires need to be forced to pay up.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We&#8217;re all rooting for this one to work &#8211; it can take us a long way.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brazil and France have proposed a tax on the super-rich to fight against poverty and climate change &#8211; G20 finance ministers should get behind it this week 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