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Liz Nelson

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Director, Advocacy & Research at the Tax Justice Network. Senior Fellow AFSEE. Opinions mine. RT ≠endorsement.

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Liz Nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Pay where you play" our latest piece co-authored by Bemnet Agata and Alison Schultz, argues that replacing today's "pay where you say" approach with "pay where you play" could unlock around US$500 billion in additional corporate tax revenues — no increase tax rates. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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A legal fiction blocking climate finance will be challenged this week | Tax Justice Network 🔜🔵UN tax talks
🚨 What if one of the biggest untapped sources of climate finance isn't new funding—but fixing a century-old flaw in the global tax system? For more than a century, international tax rules have relied...
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Liz Nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@taxjustice.net I was honoured join TIERRA in Jakarta this week. Around 30 organisations working on debt, tax, finance, agriculture and critical minerals kept returning to one idea. The rules of global finance are quietly deciding the fate of the world's forests and the people who live in them.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 29/06/2026
💰Countries lose US$492 bn a year to global tax abuse. A new policy brief by Carolina Rodrigues Finette argues a global minimum corporate tax should sit at the heart of reforms under the #UNTaxConvention 👉https://www.neep-poverty.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1.5-Minimum-Corporate-Tax_final-1.pdf
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 23/06/2026
⚡Financial secrecy is not a binary category. #FSI2026 The new Real Estate Secrecy Index shows the biggest risks sit in major economies, not just small offshore jurisdictions, & also highlights “golden visa” schemes enabling opacity in wealth and property. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdcpaxxe
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 23/06/2026
"When you’re Zillow for money launderers, you’re dealing with a more extreme side of money laundering." @alexcobham.bsky.social, Chief Executive, @taxjustice.net. 👉 Find our more here: tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a #FSI2026
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2026
🌊 🧱In a world where people in small boats are pushed back into dangerous waters and higher walls are built, selling #GoldenVisas raises serious moral concerns. Our index analysis shows this is also a #FinancialSecrecy issue. #FSI2026 👉Read more: taxjustice.net/2026/06/23/i...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2026
🏠“You can only do so much about drug traffickers and corrupt oligarchs when the world’s biggest economy has no qualms about letting them buy up beach-front condos with their dirty money to rent out and finance their operations. " Moran Harari @taxjustice.net #FSI2026 👉 More tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2026
Countries watching this superpower implode under the weight of its billionaire-class are recalibrating their security, trade & diplomatic relationships with the US. Tax is part of that recalibration & countries are ushering in a better way of negotiating tax at the UN. #FSI2026 tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 23/06/2026
⚽If financial secrecy had a league table, the World Cup hosts are top of the wrong one. Our new real estate secrecy index measures how weak transparency rules in property markets, combined with market size, opportunities for illicit finance. #FSI2026 👉 tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a #MoneyLaundering
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 17/06/2026
🔒Weaponisation of privacy is reshaping tax transparency. From the ECJ's beneficial ownership ruling (2022) to subsequent ECJ & ECHR decisions restricting access to info for tax purposes, courts are increasingly narrowing the transparency tools used to tackle tax evasion. Andres Knobel bit.ly/4oAIeTR
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Liz Nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Our webinar series ready here to view: Four definitions to change the world - Struggles over meaning in the UN tax convention youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Webinar series: Four definitions to change the world: Struggles over meaning in the UN tax convention negotiations - YouTube
The negotiations of a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC) are entering a decisive phase. As governments move towar...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 27/05/2026
⚡ While the Trump administration fights to defend costly corporate tax abuse, California is leading the fightback. #PayWhereYouPlay worldwide financial reporting would tax where they actually do business, not where profits are shifted. @alexcobham.bsky.social taxjustice.net/2026/05/27/c...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 26/05/2026
📢 Join us this week for: Four definitions to change the world: Struggles over meaning in #UNTtaxConvention negotiations First webinar: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, exploring how a more inclusive & effective framework for tackling harmful tax practices might be built. 👉 Register: bit.ly/4dyyWm9
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 20/05/2026
📢 New webinar series - Four definitions to change the world: Struggles over meaning in #UNTaxConvention negotiations First session: Harmful Tax Practices - exploring how a more inclusive and effective framework for tackling harmful tax practices might be built. 👉 Register: bit.ly/4dyyWm9
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Liz Nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Support the work of the Tax Justice Network! Deadline coming up for Non-Exec Director role taxjustice.net/jobs/non-exe...
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Non-Executive Director - Treasurer - Tax Justice Network
Key details Application closing date: Sunday 26 April 2026 (2359 UK time) Start date: To be co-opted at the May Board meeting Hours: Attendance at Board meetings once a quarter, finance subcommittee m...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 15/04/2026
📢How do we eradicate poverty without relying on economic growth? Join us online on 22 April for the launch of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’: www.neep-poverty.org/ #BeyondGrowthRoadmap / @deschuttero.bsky.social
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 15/04/2026
🌍 From July 2027, EU AML rules require #FinancialSecrecy to be included in risk assessments. Evidence shows higher secrecy is linked to greater exposure to #IllicitFinancialFlows. The question now is whether this shift goes beyond compliance. #AntiMoneyLaundering👉https://bit.ly/4cwnNlD
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A long thread on the weaponisation of 'consensus' in international decision-making, including in tax negotiations, and the opportunity to pursue a better multilateralism now
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Liz Nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Summary of the Tax Justice Network’s most recent stakeholder submissions regarding the ongoing negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. taxjustice.net/2026/04/03/u...
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UN Tax Convention: Summary of the Tax Justice Network’s stakeholder input after the Fourth Session of negotiations - Tax Justice Network
After four sessions of (sometimes heated) discussions, the UN tax convention negotiations are now entering into ‘crunch time’.
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Rachel Reeves urged to raise taxes on companies profiting from war on Iran
Charities say energy companies, banks and defence companies stand to benefit from the economic fallout
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Secrecy is essential to the crimes of the elite. It's what makes offshore tax havens so effective for dodging taxes, hiding dirty money & funding crime. Public registers would allow tax authorities, police & journalists follow the money & expose corruption. tinyurl.com/mry3htz6
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EXPOSE TAX HAVEN SECRETS
No more secrets, no more safe havens for dirty money.
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Liz Nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Untangling some of the myths about taxing the super rich: Mark Bou Monsour from @taxjustice.net www.theguardian.com/politics/vid...
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Why it is so hard to tax the super-rich – video
Josh Toussaint-Strauss speaks to Mark Bou Mansour from the Tax Justice Network to untangle some of the myths around a wealth tax, find out how it might work and what is holding governments back from i...
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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 27/02/2026
📢 WEBINAR | 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 Join us this Monday for the launch of the 10th Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights ⏰ 2 - 3pm CET | Monday, March 2 🗣️ English, Spanish, & French 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/gdoa-launch #MakeTaxesWorkForWomen #TaxJustice4Care
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/02/2026
Join our team! We're #Hiring a new Finance Officer Support reporting, budgeting & compliance. Manage bookkeeping and payroll for a global organisation. Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4qG1HTh 🗓️ Closing date: 22 Feb 2026 #FinanceJobs #FinanceOfficer #TaxJustice #RemoteJobs
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/02/2026
🔜 🔵 #UNTaxConvention negotiations resume in New York! The talks could reshape economies, strengthen democracies, & protect the planet - trillions, public services, #ClimateJustice & #HumanRights are at stake. Follow talks, track countries, & learn more: 👉 bit.ly/4hTU0VZ
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/02/2026
🔵 “The next round of talks in New York will be a real test: can member states craft international tax rules that are fit for the age of climate catastrophe?” — Sergio Chaparro Hernández, speaking to the @theguardian.com 🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #UNTaxConvention #ClimateJustice
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Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax
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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 02/02/2026
⚡️🇺🇳 Today begins the 4th session of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations. These negotiations are a historic opportunity to create fair and effective global tax rules. 🗞️ Read today’s FfD Chronicle in English, Spanish, and French here: bit.ly/4a7dAuy
Photo of the printed FfD Chronicle with the negotiation room in the background.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/02/2026
🆕Confronting Wealth Inequality in Ireland - New report from @oxfamireland.bsky.social and the Nevin Economic Research Institute - NERI makes the case for a tax on extreme wealth in Ireland and urges a principled stance on #GlobalTaxJustice. 👉Read it here: bit.ly/4reS6TZ
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Confronting Wealth Inequality in Ireland Report
This report outlines the economic, social and democratic case for a tax on extreme wealth, alongside the need for Ireland to take a principled position in international negotiations on global tax justice.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 12/02/2026
🔵Day 7 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: The #UNTaxConvention negotiations concluded three intensive days of discussions on Protocol 1 on cross-border services, focusing on one of the most politically sensitive issues: implementation. 👉 Full recap: bit.ly/49bYxRz
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 12/02/2026
“It is disappointing to see such a flawed analysis being used to justify lobbying at the UN negotiations." - @icrict.bsky.social's JoséAntonioOcampo “The ICC’s report is a shameless attempt to muddy the debates at the UN." - @alexcobham.bsky.social #UNtaxConvention taxjustice.net/press/tax-ex...
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Tax experts slam ICC for “shameless” facts-for-hire report on UN tax proposal - Tax Justice Network
The ICC's findings are meaningless at best – if not deliberate distortions to serve a lobbying agenda.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 03/02/2026
🔵Day 1 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: 4th session of the negotiations in New York focused on two foundational commitments of the Convention: sustainable development (Article 4) & the fair allocation of taxing rights (Article 5). 👉 Full recap: bit.ly/49bYxRz
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/02/2026
🔵Day 2 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: 4th session saw more discussion on the fair allocation of taxing rights (Article 5), on taxing high-net-worth individuals, and tackling tax-related illicit financial flows (Article 7). 👉 Full recap: bit.ly/49bYxRz
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/02/2026
Tax Justice Network Africa's insightful intervention backing this point - and reminding everybody that addressing the historical imbalances between countries is exactly the point of the commitment.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/02/2026
“Just when you think it’s hit rock bottom, the OECD comes up with a set of tax rules that are even more unfair…if the OECD is throwing in the towel on taxing multinational corporations, the #UNtaxConvention has to step up.” Great intervention from @waronwant.bsky.social & @globaltaxjustice.org
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/02/2026
The chair of the #UNtaxConvention's Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee just delivered some refreshingly sharp facts about the realities of the global tax system, the challenges developing countries face & what the talks must achieve. It's worth watching in full. taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 05/02/2026
As #UNTaxConvention negotiations continue, we’re sharing our policy cheat sheets explaining the ABCs of tax justice and how the UN tax convention can deliver on them in practice. 👉Find out more: bit.ly/3TD8rCC 👉For more updates: bit.ly/4hTU0VZ
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 06/02/2026
🔵Day 3 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: Negotiations focused on harmful tax practices (Article 8) and mutual administrative assistance (Article 9), with debates on ambition and implementation. 👉 Everything you need to know about the negotiations: taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 09/02/2026
Join our team! We're #Hiring a new Finance Officer Support reporting, budgeting & compliance. Manage bookkeeping and payroll for a global organisation. Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4qG1HTh 🗓️ Closing date: 22 Feb 2026 #FinanceJobs #FinanceOfficer #TaxJustice #RemoteJobs
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 10/02/2026
🔵Day 5 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: Discussions on Protocol 1, on the taxation of cross-border services in an increasingly digital and globalised economy. Talks focused on moving from options to solutions on scope, nexus and methods of taxation. 👉More: bit.ly/49bYxRz
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/02/2026
✨We are seeking a #Treasurer (#NonExecutiveDirector) to join our Board. A key governance role providing strategic financial oversight, safeguarding integrity & strengthening accountability. If you are dedicated to advancing #TaxJustice & ready to make a global difference, apply: bit.ly/4aJt615
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/02/2026
⚠️URGENT⚠️ Our review of the ICC's report on crossborder services finds it relies on a deeply flawed model, making its results meaningless at best – if not deliberate distortions to serve a lobbying agenda. We advise treating the report with great caution. #UNtaxConvention taxjustice.net/ICCreport
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/02/2026
🔵Day 6 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: Negotiations focused on nexus and method of taxation under Protocol 1 on cross-border services. Delegates moved further into the technical architecture of how taxing rights should be triggered and exercised. 👉More: bit.ly/49bYxRz
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/02/2026
Today's UN tax talks are the EU's last chance to defend its tax rights against Trump. The bloc's €14BN annual loss to tax cheating US firms is equivalent to handing over €30 for every person living in the EU to US firms a year. bit.ly/49SlGID #UNTaxConvention #TaxJustice
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/02/2026
🌍⚖️💰 In an op-ed for @lemonde.fr, @alexcobham.bsky.social @taxjustice.net argues that fiscal sovereignty is not merely administrative, but a struggle over political power & democratic control. Read the full article. 👉 bit.ly/3ZcExrQ #TaxJustice #FiscalSovereignty #UNTaxConvention #France #OECD
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« La souveraineté fiscale n’est pas une question technique mais un enjeu de pouvoir politique »
TRIBUNE. La France, autrefois à la pointe en matière d’imposition des fortunes, doit de nouveau contribuer à réécrire les règles mondiales en matière de fiscalité des entreprises, plaide Alex Cobham, directeur général du Tax Justice Network, dans une tribune au « Monde ».
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 18/12/2025
As we sit at the cusp of the greatest progress in tax justice in a hundred years, a threat is looming: money, Or rather, the lack of it. Read our CEO's blog about the outlook for the Tax Justice Network and the wider struggle for tax justice. taxjustice.net/2025/12/17/t...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 03/12/2025
Rule 1 of the global tax system is you tax multinational corporations where they SAY their profits are, not where they MAKE profit. Most countries backed flipping this 100-year-old rule in recent UN tax talks, to finally end the era of global tax abuse #UNtaxConvention taxjustice.net/press/un-inc...
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UN inches towards flipping “Rule 1” of global tax system and ending tax abuse era - Tax Justice Network
The 100-year-old cornerstone of the global tax system was put to debate last month in Nairobi as countries continued historic negotiations on a world-first UN tax convention.1 Having already committed...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 11/11/2025
#COP30 is underway as countries debate how to fund real climate action. The question isn’t just what they commit to, but who pays. Meanwhile in Nairobi, talks on #UNTaxConvention may give nations the power to raise fair, reliable finance for #ClimateJustice & sustainable dev.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 14/10/2025
📣Final keynote speaker of #ClimateForChange2025 starts soon: Charting just transitions beyond fossil capital - Sabrina Fernandes, Head of Research at the @alameda.institute & Senior Research Advisor Tide Watch live online: 🔗https://bit.ly/4msXBLi #ClimateFinance #COP30 #ClimateJustice
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 13/10/2025
“Brazil’s tax reform can only fight inequality if it redefines who pays & who’s left behind. As long as most taxes fall on consumption instead of wealth, racial & class divides will persist. Real reform means building equity into every part of taxation.” Luiza Nassif Pires
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 13/10/2025
“It’s time to turn the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities into action, taxing where pollution & profit intersect. Fossil fuel giants must pay their fair share through permanent windfall & stronger corporate taxes.” @mattikohonen.bsky.social @fintrco.bsky.social
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