Global tax justice must be at the centre of climate crisis response

Bridging the $339 billion climate adaptation gap requires a fair and effective global taxation system.

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The climate crisis is getting worse and requires fundamental changes to societies, economies, and our global financial architecture in response.

While extreme economic inequality is on the rise – the world’s billionaires now hold more wealth in the world than every country except the US and China – the impacts of climate change are also unequally felt, with the poor in the Global South and North most at risk.