Almost 60 countries, representing about a third of the global economy, met in the Colombian port city of Santa Marta last week for the first international summit on the transition away from fossil fuels.
It was hailed as a bold step to shift global dependence on hydrocarbons into an era of clean energy. The group of 57 countries, including Australia, Canada, Norway and Brazil, launched a new international process to coordinate the global phase out of coal, oil and gas. This historic shift brings us closer to the end of fossil fuels.
Irene Vélez Torres, Colombia’s environment minister and chair of the talks, said: “We decided that the transition away from fossil fuels could no longer remain a slogan but must become a concrete, political and collective endeavour.”
Here are five key developments from Santa Marta.
1. Moving beyond negotiating deadlocks
2. Paths away from coal, oil and gas
3. A science panel to guide the transition
4. Tuvalu to host next summit, with Irish support
5. Toward a fossil fuel treaty
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Source: The Conversation