In April, representatives from 50 governments are expected to meet in Santa Marta, Colombia to discuss one of the most important topics in the world right now: leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
The official UN climate talks (COPs) have failed to agree on a clear, managed phase-out of coal, oil and gas. So, tired of waiting for the slowest-moving countries to get on board, a coalition of national governments, supported by civil society groups, have developed a parallel process outside of the UN talks. This ‘coalition of ambition’ has been gradually built over the last few years through networks like the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance and the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, through which the governments most committed to a fossil fuel phase-out have been able to convene and demonstrate their commitments.1
