Colombia Summit Aims to Accelerate Transition from Fossil Fuels Amid Absence of Major Emitters
A summit held in Santa Marta, Colombia, saw 57 countries convene to discuss the transition away from fossil fuels. This meeting, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, was a response to the stalled progress at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, where objections from petrostates prevented the inclusion of fossil fuel phase-out in the final text. The summit in Colombia aimed to develop roadmaps for reducing reliance on fossil fuels, with participants including the European Union, the UK, and major oil exporters like Canada and Nigeria. Notably absent were major emitters such as the U.S. and China. The conference focused on creating national roadmaps to phase out fossil fuels, with a follow-up meeting planned in Tuvalu next year. France became the first high-income country to issue a roadmap, setting deadlines for ending fossil fuel energy use. 
