High-level talks to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels got underway Tuesday at a global conference in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Santa Marta, as countries push for faster action on climate change.
The two-day segment of ministers and senior officials marks the political centerpiece of the First Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels, where more than 50 countries have been discussing how to move away from oil, gas and coal — the main drivers of global warming — toward cleaner energy.
