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How can the world move away from fossil fuels? Answering this question is the focus of the climate summit organised by Colombia and the Netherlands in Santa Marta, Colombia. Around 60 governments will be meeting from 24 to 29 April to discuss best practices and possible mechanisms for a concrete phasing out of fossil fuels.
This is an unprecedented summit: by tackling solutions head-on, it avoids the main pitfall of previous UN climate conferences, which all failed to put ending fossil fuels on the agenda due to being blocked by industry lobbying.
The main stumbling block for this summit is the absence of major players such as China, the United States and India, despite the fact that they are the three largest greenhouse gases emitters in the world. The Santa Marta summit is expected to result in a non-binding report setting out the proposed solutions, the creation of a coordination platform and the establishment of a scientific panel on the energy transition.
These proposals come at just the right time, as the war in Iran disrupts the international trade in hydrocarbons and reminds the world that making the switch to renewable energies is more necessary than ever.
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