On Thursday 14 March and Friday 15 March 2024, a conference brought together researchers, policymakers and civil society from across Europe and beyond, to discuss inequality and the global tax architecture.

Despite a decade of global tax reform,  the current tax rules fail to address inequality both within and between countries. In late 2022, the member states of the United Nations (UN) member states unanimously voted to launch intergovernmental discussions on proposals for a new international framework for tax cooperation under the auspices of the UN.

This two-day conference explored the potential of a UN Tax Convention to:

• supporting meaningful progress against tax abuse,
• reducing inequalities within and between countries, and
• strengthening the ability of states to respond to the climate crisis.

Watch the replay of the videos on our YouTube channel:

•  Keynote by Gabriel Zucman, Director EU Tax Observatory

• Keynote Tove Maria Ryding, Policy and Advocacy Manager at EURODAD, Dereje Alemayehu, Executive Coordinator at Global Alliance for Tax Justice

• Panel : Inequality in power dynamics: impact on human rights, and inclusive governance’ and Q&A

• Panel: ‘Corporate tax abuse: understanding its socioeconomic impact, and assessing potential solutions’ and Q&A

• Panel : ‘Taxing wealth: tools to target concentrated ownership and wealth inequality’ and Q&A and closing remark by Lucas Chancel

• Panel: ‘Climate Finance and Tax Justice: Emissions inequalities, Carbon Taxation, and Global Solutions’

• Panel: ‘In pursuit of a multilateral UN treaty that delivers on our collective interests’

•  High-level ministerial panel with Bjørg Sandkjær, State Secretary, Norway, María Fernanda Valdés, Deputy Minister of Finance of Colombia, Eva Joly, Commissioner, ICRICT, moderated by Jayati Gosh