Tiny flight tax could raise billions to protect people from climate change

[Mike Shanahan]

A small tax on international airline tickets could raise US$10 billion a year to help people to adapt to the impacts of climate change, say economists at the International Institute for Environment and Development.

 

Tom Birch and Muyeye Chambwera make the case for such a tax in a briefing paper to be published online on Monday 4 April, as the latest round of intergovernmental negotiations on how to tackle climate change get under way in Bangkok, Thailand.

 

Read the rest of this press release at the IIED website.