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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts

How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels

Crowds carry fake coffins with the words Coal, Oil and Gas on them
Climate activists carrying fake coffins demand action on fossil fuels in a protest at Cop30 in Brazil in November. Photograph: André Penner/AP

The world’s first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, takes place in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24 to 29 April. A “coalition of the willing” – including 54 countries and various subnational governments, civil society groups and academics – will try to chart a new path to powering the world with low-carbon energy.

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