Support the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

What does it mean to support the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force?

Global Solidarity Levies Task Force

The task force consists of co-chair countries (Barbados, Kenya, France), a high-level expert group, representatives from key partner organizations and a secretariat.

The task force’s role is to look at how to introduce feasible, scalable and sensible solidarity levies on polluting industries, to finance climate and development action.

The expert group’s role is to shed light on the potential impact of solidarity levies, assess the best way to ensure a balanced design and consider how to reallocate revenues.

Key partner organizations include the IMF, World Bank, UN, UNCTAD, OECD, G20, G24, European Commission, African Union, Coalition of Finance Ministers, and others.

Coalition for Solidarity Levies

The task force is supported by a Coalition for Solidarity Levies, where countries can follow, consult and engage with the task force’s work to design solidarity levies.

All countries that support the task force’s mission are invited to join the Coalition for Solidarity Levies, as are sub-national governments with fiscal autonomy.

Members of the coalition commit to:

Support solidarity levies as part of the solution to close the climate & development finance gap.
Consider the solidarity levies proposed by the task force for introduction at domestic level (according to local tax regulations) and are ready to redistribute part of the funds collected to support international solidarity for climate and development action.
Designate an official sherpa to engage with the task force’s proposals for solidarity levies, represent their country at meetings of the coalition and consult with other coalition members on what they believe are the most appealing levies.

Members of the coalition include: Barbados, France, Kenya, Antigua & Barbuda, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Marshall Islands, Senegal, and Spain.

At this stage, it isn’t necessary for members of the coalition to choose in which sectors they would consider introducing a solidarity levy. This means that members might be interested in introducing a solidarity levy in one sector that the task force is considering, but oppose a levy being introduced in another.

In 2025, this broad coalition will evolve into separate coalitions behind each sector covered by the task force’s proposals. At this point, members will need to choose which solidarity levy proposals they support. Creating these separate coalitions will help to lay the ground for COP30, where the task force will present its findings for introducing solidarity levies on specific polluting sectors.

Discussions on how raised revenues will be allocated shall begin after the designs for each solidarity levy have been put forward.