The current energy crisis has exposed how deeply countries remain dependent on imported fossil fuels – and the risks that come with it. Against this backdrop, 56 countries gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the first international conference dedicated to mapping a fair and orderly transition away from fossil fuels.
European governments made up the largest proportion of any continent, accounting for 30 per cent of the countries in attendance. The world’s biggest oil and gas producer, the US, was very much not in attendance. Organisers did not invite the Trump administration, owing to his many, repeated actions to undermine the clean energy transition. Other major coal and oil producers, including Australia, Türkiye, Canada and Norway, did take part in the talks.
