Robin Hood lookalikes from Sweden, Norway, Australia, Kenya and Taiwan displayed signs and banners at the COP18 meeting in Doha which read: “Robin Hood Tax, a global solution,” according to the organizer’s press release.

Whilst it might seem like an idealist’s dream, it turns out that several European countries have agreed to implement a Financial Transactions Tax (FIT), while France has already raised an annual sum of €37 billion through its own version implemented earlier previously.

How the new tax will be implemented or distributed is still up for discussion, although climate and youth activists are calling for countries to apportion one quarter of a 0.05% tax to the global climate change fund, in order to help the most needy countries cope with pending challenges.

““Implementing this tax can help to deal with some of the global economic problems we have seen in the last years but can also be used for good causes like the fight against climate change,” said Oxfam International’s Tim Gore.

In the last couple of weeks, a variety of disturbing reports have been published about escalating climate change and what we can expect as a result.

The World Bank claims that global temperatures could rise by four or more degrees, which is double the amount deemed safe. And there is increasing evidence that sea levels are rising a lot faster than previously thought.

COP18 host Qatar is among the nations that stand to lose a lot of land to rising sea levels.

About the Robin Hood tax, Laurence Watson, a member of UK Youth Climate Coalition, took part in the demonstration said that he and other representatives are calling for a global solution.

“We’re pleased to see countries implementing this in Europe and we would like to see it spread around the world,” he said. “This is a very easy way to kick-start climate change funding.”

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