States gather in a new push to ditch coal, oil and gas
Key takeaways
- At an unprecedented meeting in Colombia, delegates from more than 50 countries want to chart a practical path to wean the world off fossil fuels.
- They aim to come up with a practical, equitable plan to help the world reduce its dependence on coal, oil and natural gas, and identify which legal, economic and social measures are needed to do so.
- The conference, taking place from April 24 to 29, was created amid frustration at last year’s UN climate conference.
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At an unprecedented meeting in Colombia, delegates from more than 50 countries want to chart a practical path to wean the world off fossil fuels. Can they succeed where the UN climate talks have failed?
https://p.dw.com/p/5Cd31Representatives from more than 50 countries are meeting in Colombia to make a plan on transitioning away from fossil fuels Image: Roberto Pfeil/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement Cristian Retamal, Chile's former negotiator at the annual UN climate talks, hopes this week's conference in Colombia will lead to the start of a new global political movement.
Retamal is in Colombia's northern coastal city of Santa Marta, where representatives from more than 50 countries are meeting for the first-ever conference on transitioning away from the fossil fuels that are heating the planet.