Colombia Hosts Climate Talks on Fossil Fuel Transition
Fifty countries, including Canada, gathered in Colombia for climate talks aimed at negotiating a global transition away from fossil fuels. Participants were urged to intensify efforts as the discussions concluded.
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Right now, 50 countries — including Canada — are actually negotiating how to quit fossil fuels
High-level talks to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels got underway Tuesday in Colombia's Caribbean city of Santa Marta, where President Gustavo Petro warned the world could "reach a point of no return" without the Amazon's role in regulating the climate.
Read full article →Colombia hosts climate talks in bid to lead global transition away from fossil fuels
Colombian President Gustavo Petro vowed to “wean” the country’s economy off oil and coal when he was elected in 2022. But as his term draws to a close – with the first round of a presidential election set for May 31 – Petro’s ambitious energy transition plan remains unfulfilled, with the country still reliant on fossil-fuel production.
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Read full article →Nations urged to ‘go further’ as fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia
Ministers and envoys from nearly 60 countries gathered in Colombia in the hope of speeding up the shift away from fossil fuels and breaking a stalemate at the U.N. climate talks.
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