Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds | Airline emissions

Research has found that adding a tax to airline tickets may collect more than 100 billion euros annually to pay for the damage to climate collapse.

Flying is Most carbon travel meansBut artificially cheap as taxes are not imposed on airline fuel, and environmental effects are not paid.

Airlines make up more than 2 % of global greenhouse gas emissions. Even in developed countries, only about half of people fly every year and About 1 % of the world’s population Responsible for more than half of the flight emissions.

Many countries are thinking about setting fees on tickets that would Raising funds to help address the climate crisisEspecially for poor countries.

The analysis conducted by the Dutch environmental consulting CE Deget, commissioned by the Levies Global Soldarity Business, that a ticket tax that started at a price of 10 euros on short flights in the economy, including local flights, which rise to 30 euros on long flight Long period.

If the tax is based on fuel consumption instead of ticket sales, about 84 billion euros may gather annually, but can be subject to airlines that try to defraud the system by changing their roads.

The tax was supposed to have widespread general support in many regions, as the polls conducted by Oxfam and Greenpeace found about three quarters of people in 13 countries believed that wealthy passengers are to pay more taxes.

Countries can also set the tax to significantly fall on the rich and frequent flyers. Special aircraft can be subject to a separate scheme.

France, Kenya and Rubados lead calls for flying imposition, and Other possible means of collecting money Necessary to address the climate crisis in developing countries, such as taxes on charging and fossil fuel. These are collectively defined as global solidarity drawings, and the charge is seen as one of the easiest implementation.

“The new fees can lead to tickets for the first and medium -class or private aircraft to the collection of vital money for health to trains, and the climate to development. People all over the world pay a lot of taxes on their cars, with commercial aircraft commercials often on a special tax or their competitor,” said Lawrence Tobiana, co -chair of the Secretariat of the World Solidarity Solidarity Squad, created by the three countries.

“We can compensate for balance with an additional, modest contribution from those who have the greatest means, without raising the prices of the vast majority who work hard throughout the year to enjoy a cross holiday.”

Governments meet in Bonn this week and next to the discussion of the COP30 climate summit, which will be held in Brazil in November. Activists are concerned that there is no great attention to climate financing, which is supposed to help the rich countries the poorest counterparts in dealing with the effects of harsh weather.

Last year COP29, in Azerbaijan, The two countries agreed to provide $ 1.3 million Every year by 2035 to help poor countries. From this, at least 300 Trioon from rich countries, with the rest of a variety of sources, is supposed to come, including global solidarity, private sector and carbon trading.

Many civil society groups call for fossil fuel companies to pay the price of the damage they caused. the Oxfam and Greenpeace I found about eight out of 10 people who support such a step, in a survey conducted by Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, India, Kemenia, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

“The wealthy pollutants continue to take advantage of climate destruction, and their profit is destroyed by millions of people who did the least causing the climate crisis.

“The most fair taxes can help in polluting industries all over the world avoid more deaths, provide immediate and important support for climate -to -climate countries, and finally stimulate investment in a quick and just transfer to renewable energy sources.“