Colombia: International conference on a Just Transition away from fossil fuels on 28 and 29/04/2026

The first international conference on a just transition away from fossil fuels will take place in Santa Marta (Colombia) on 28 and 29/04/2026. The event is being organised jointly by Colombia and the Netherlands.

This initiative follows on from COP30, held in Belém (Brazil) from 10 to 22/11/2025. Delegations from 194 countries agreed on a text that does not explicitly mention the phasing out of fossil fuels. It recalls "the consensus of COP28", but does not detail a timetable, a roadmap or precise objectives.

" This COP cannot end without a clear, fair and equitable roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels worldwide. […] This conversation cannot end here. We must keep up the momentum, show courage, rise to the challenge and form a coalition of the willing", says Irene Vélez Torres, Colombia's Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development.

The Colombian minister is inviting all willing countries, international players and NGOs to take part in the meeting, which is being presented as "an intergovernmental and multi-sectoral platform, complementary to the UNFCCC, designed to…