
Statement on the German Government’s Reduction of the Air Travel Ticket Tax
On 13 November, the German government decided to reduce the air travel ticket tax as of 1 July 2026. A decision strongly criticized by Plant-for-the-Planet.
“The decision by the German government to lower the air travel ticket tax sends a disastrous signal during COP 30 in Brazil,” says Felix Finkbeiner, founder of Plant-for-the-Planet. “Instead of protecting the climate, the government is promoting climate-damaging means of transport. To make such a decision now, while the whole world is looking to COP 30, is simply disappointing,” he added.
„Deutschlands Führung im globalen Klimaschutz wird aktuell dringender denn je erwartet. Noch immer steht eine Investitionsankündigung für die

















