Ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers Summit in July, the Brazilian G20 Presidency commissioned a report to highlight the
details and feasibility of a coordinated minimum tax on billionaires. Climate Action Network International reacts to the
report “A blueprint for a coordinated minimum tax on the ultra-high-net-worth individuals” and highlights the urgent
imperative for coordination on global taxation.
“While we always hear that public funding is scarce, extreme wealth concentration actually hurts everyone. Taxing more
of those who are responsible for higher pollution and remain largely exempt from paying, is a win-win strategy: it is a
radical way to unlock States’ budgets while also effectively fighting against tax avoidance”, says Rebecca Thissen,
Global Advocacy Lead at CAN International.
Our global financial architecture is profoundly flawed, inequitable, and distorted against the poor. “Today the rich are
getting richer, and they are also more responsible for climate impacts. Global coordination on tax justice is essential
to address these injustices and fight against the climate crisis. We need a new global tax regime guided by the United
Nations instead of by rich countries. Which incorporates more progressivity in tax systems, under a global coordinated
standard to make the super-rich pay more. We can fix this”
CAN welcomes the report as an important step to ensure political commitment to deliver a real agenda on taxing the
super-rich. “Brazil has shown strong leadership on this issue as president of the G20. It is timely and needed. We need
to accelerate the global agenda to make rich polluters pay. The G20 Finance Ministers meeting in July is a good place to
start”, concludes Rebecca Thissen.