Nearly 60 Nations Push for Fossil Fuel Exit at New Conference
Nearly 60 nations have gathered at a new conference to push for the phase-out of fossil fuels, aiming to represent a new force in global climate action. States are uniting in a renewed effort to ditch coal, oil, and gas.
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States gather in a new push to ditch coal, oil and gas
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?
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Some 60 countries are gathering in the coastal city of Santa Marta in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked UN climate talks: how to exist fossil fuels. It's the first global conference of its kind, bringing together nations that want to accelerate a fossil fuel phaseout, despite a decades-long stalemate at the UN-level COP summits. Our Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe tells us more.
By Valérie DEKIMPE
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