Call for input on United Nations Resolution on Human Rights and Climate Change
Our submission provided evidence of how the aviation sector could address the impact of loss and damage (L&D) from the adverse effects of climate change on human rights through taxes that would provide much-needed finance for the L&D fund.
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As a major polluter, it’s surprising that aviation is an undertaxed industry – it’s also an enormously missed opportunity to help us address human rights challenges resulting from climate change.
In response to question 5 relating to Resolution 53/6, and building on previous calls made by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, this submission calls for a pledge to which MDCs can commit, agreeing to establish the following taxes on aviation as a source of L&D financing:
An Air Passenger Levy (APL)
A tax on kerosene fuel
The submission recommends that the revenue from these two aviation taxes will be contributed to the L&D fund, to be urgently implemented by national governments, and endorsed at upcoming ICAO meetings and future UNFCCC COPs.