'Much‑needed fresh air': 5 outcomes from the world's first summit on ending fossil fuels
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In climate diplomacy, agreements are often born dead between technicalities and crossed vetoes. However, what happened a few days ago at the First International Conference for the Transition beyond Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, broke with that script of frustration. Co-sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this summit brought together about 60 nations, which together add up to 30% of global GDP, with an unprecedented goal: to dra…
Santa Marta encourages the abandonment of fossil fuels after becoming the scene of the first international conference focused specifically on accelerating the energy transition away from oil, gas and coal. Political leaders and international representatives discussed the need to move towards more sustainable energy models at a time marked by extreme climate events, geopolitical tensions and growing international pressure to reduce polluting emis…
The Colombian woman and professor of the University of Magdalena was the coordinator of the academic chapter of the international conference of Santa Marta
'Much‑needed fresh air': 5 outcomes from the world's first summit on ending fossil fuels
Almost 60 countries, representing about a third of the global economy, met in the Colombian port city of Santa Marta for the first international summit on the transition away from fossil fuels.
The focus is on a group of states, including Luxembourg, which are disappointed by the UN climate conferences: at the end of April, the coalition in Colombia discussed how to get out of fossil energy.
In 2023 the UN summit on climate, the Cop28, was held in an oil country, the United Arab Emirates. Although with all the limitations, that summit ended with a... Read more
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