Really enjoyed this frank discussion about the First International Conference on Fossil Fuel Phase Out in Santa Marta and the growing support for @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Don’t miss this incredibly important piece by @harjeet11.bsky.social An important perspective on how to move forward from Santa Marta on the transition away from fossil fuels.

The 30-Year Blockade is Over. The Santa Marta Shift has Begun.🌍✊ But who "holds the pen"? 🖋️ Check out the essential DOs & DON’Ts for nations in this new era of climate diplomacy. @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @ciel.org @350.org @canclimateaction.bsky.social @tzeporah.bsky.social @alexraf.bsky.social

👏 Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products. Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. bbc.com/news/article...

Lesson 1 from Santa Marta? Hope is Contagious. And nine other takeaways from a week of landmark climate talks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Santa Marta represents a historic breakthrough: it is the first time we bring together a group of nations willing to act,” said Tzeporah Berman, founder and chair of the Fossil Fuel Non‑Proliferation Treaty Initiative. @tzeporah.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

What we accomplished in Santa Marta is, simply put, historic. We are building a coalition of ambitious countries willing to lead and break the consensus deadlock that has paralysed concrete action on fossil fuels in the UN negotiations. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I thought I would share some of the strongest statements I heard at the opening plenary on Tuesday. We have come so far. 🇨🇴 Colombia Irene Vélez-Torres “We need a multilateralism without de facto vetoes” www.fossilfueltreaty.org/santa-marta-...

Santa Marta is undoubtedly a historic moment and you can follow the 1st conference transitioning away from fossil fuels here! LIVE NOW: www.youtube.com/live/Va1IBpK...

The Santa Marta conference "is not trying to replace the COP process. It is trying to do what the COP process has so far been structurally unable to do: create a dedicated political space for the managed decline of fossil fuels."

History is made by those who show up, and that is exactly what's happening in Santa Marta. There are 60 countries here, academics from all over the world, Indigenous people, civil society, all here to do one thing: figure out how to phase out fossil fuels. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

“Historic” and a “coalition of the ambitious.” That’s how @tzeporah.bsky.social describes the conference.

“The path we choose will have real effects. Every increase in fossil fuel production locks in more air pollution, more warming, more fires, more floods and more extreme weather." – @tzeporah.bsky.social, founder & chair of @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social Initiative and co-founder of Stand.earth.

Will the First Conference on Transitioning from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta be a success? It already is. A quick thread as we kick off the conference in Santa Marta 🧵👇

1/ The era of empty promises is over. 🇨🇴 We’re in Santa Marta for the first-ever global talks on a just, managed, funded exit from dangerous fossil fuels. This is history in motion. @350.org @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @canclimateaction.bsky.social

The climate emergency may be the biggest problem humanity has ever faced. On this podcast episode with @energyintel we talked climate ambition, electrification, international cooperation, and what success in Santa Marta will look like. Listen now 🎧:

New by the chair of the Fossil Fuel Treaty @tzeporah.bsky.social via my desk at @mongabay.com today “The end of fossil fuels is no longer a distant goal; it is an unfolding reality. The task now is to govern it,” she argues ahead of meetings hosted by Colombia & the Netherlands in a couple days:

"The end of fossil fuels is no longer a distant goal; it is an unfolding reality. The task now is to govern it — […] to make the transition fast, fair and orderly — rather than leaving it to be driven by crisis." — @tzeporah.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social in @mongabay.com #FossilTreaty 🙏

“the coalition of courageous, committed countries supporting a Fossil Fuel Treaty represent a pragmatic strategy to overcome inertia in consensus-based negotiations. In 2026, of all years, when wars in fossil fuel heartlands are crippling the planet, it’s time to say enough is enough.”

Through war and the climate emergency, dependence on fossil fuels is an addiction we can't afford. But an inflection point is approaching. The falling cost of renewables, diplomatic processes, and cooperation are converging to expose fossil fuel system's fragility news.mongabay.com/2026/04/new-...

Congratulations to Yuvelis Morales, your fearless defence of your lands from fracking is a shining light that so deserves this highest honour-- the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBXk...

Despite Donald Trump’s best efforts, the US got more electricity from renewables than from fossil gas last month. nationalobserver.com/newsletters/ze…

Building a coalition of the willing, breaking deadlock, planning the transition without blockers at the table: it hit me that no matter what happens, Santa Marta is already a success. This conversation was unthinkable a few years ago. Overton window? Wide open www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨BREAKING NEWS! Pacific nations just made history with a landmark declaration for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific! ✊🌊 Read the Tassiriki Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific 👉 fossilfueltreaty.org/tassiriki-call

“Santa Marta is different, it is a space conceived and led by the nations most impacted. We will not be at the back of the room, but setting the agenda at the head of the table" -Maina Talia 👏👏👏 this is the bold leadership the Pacific is known for! drilled.media/news/santa-m...

"Petrostate dynamics take hold not through sudden shifts, but through gradual normalization. Decisions that once would have been contested become accepted. In petrostates, oil and gas slowly poison our politics." Great analysis from @tzeporah.bsky.social

It’s an honour to be in Vanuatu right now working with Pacific leaders on their plans for Santa Marta and the upcoming fossil fuel phase out conference. Their fearless leadership continues to be a beacon for a Just Transition

Excellent commentary from @tzeporah.bsky.social 👇 Opinion: Canada is drifting toward petrostate politics, even in B.C. - www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

BC was supposed to be different. A climate leader. A progressive counterweight to fossil fuel politics. But today, it’s becoming something else: a case study in petrostate politics. 🧵1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

⏰ STARTING IN 1 HOUR⏰ Climate Home 🤝 @fossiltreaty.bsky.social webinar discussing how the landmark Santa Marta conference co-hosted can deliver on the momentum away from fossil fuels, especially at a time of global instability Tune in: www.linkedin.com/posts/at-thi...

Some highlights from my Cambodia trip last month. There is so much climate leadership that brings the needed energy for the Santa Marta conference at the end of April 🌱

We live in unstable times but history is made by those who show up. It’s clear that these women leaders are showing up. Thank you for all your thoughtful contributions it was an honour to spend the afternoon with you at the #WECAN Assembly 🔗Watch now www.youtube.com/live/n84T9Nk...

End the era of fossil fuels! 🚨 Join the Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just Fossil Fuel Phaseout to hear from frontline leaders & global advocates as we build a Just Transition! Free & open to all today tinyurl.com/woma-2026  #WECAN

2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured. Our oceans have absorbed this heat but there is no respite in sight. Burning oil, gas, and coal have pushed our earth beyond its limits. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cambodia has been rich and inspiring, I'm already thinking about returning. People have been so kind. The food, culture and art is breathtaking. It's a joy to work with a nation state focused on a fast fossil fuel phase out. Their participation and perspective strengthen the Fossil Fuel Treaty

Angkor Wat at sunrise on the Equinox. Epic ending to a truly amazing trip to Cambodia.

My experience on the Sólheimajökull glacier is one I won't soon forget. Néfur's resonant voice mixed with audio recordings of the dynamic glacier itself will haunt me. These guardians of life, the glaciers, are canaries in the coal mine of a rapidly warming world.

Here’s the glaring truth that #BigOil doesn’t want you to know: the cost of doing nothing is much higher than the cost of taking climate action. #ClimateActionNow.

Such an incredible, devastating and inspiring experience in Iceland. This piece demonstrates how the country can lead climate solutions by turning its success in the field of renewable energy into a global responsibility. Worth checking out for the photos alone. heimildin.is/grein/26283/...

Reason 984,329 that fossil fuel phase-out is a economic boon...

Only a small fraction of greenhouse gases is needed to create most of the greenhouse effect, because these gases absorb specific wavelengths of the heat the Earth emits, states PIK scientist @rahmstorf.bsky.social in new explainer on climate change myths👇 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mla...

I'm honoured to be moderating for this #WomensHistoryMonth event! Join us at the #WECAN Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just Fossil Fuel Phaseout to strategize and generate momentum for phasing out oil, gas, and coal, and building a just world! 📅 March 31 | Virtual & Free 🔗 tinyurl.com/woma-2026

Drones are hitting Saudi oil fields, Qatar halting LNG production, Iran putting a squeeze on the Strait of Hormuz and US attack on Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminals-- all of it should be a wake up call that fossil fuel phase out is a national and energy security priority. 1/2

Reykjavik is once again demonstrating what it means to be a climate leader! Iceland stands on the frontlines of the climate crisis and this endorsement sends a clear message: addressing fossil fuel production must be part of the solution.

A delegation from the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative gathered at Sólheimajökull glacier or a public artistic tribute in collaboration with Glacier Nation and Icelandic artist Néfur, honouring what’s at stake and underscoring the urgency of adopting a Fossil Fuel Treaty to protect glaciers worldwide.

🌎📣 We’ve dropped “non-proliferation” from our name, but not from our mission.

🌱 BREAKING: Nobel Peace Prize winner has high hopes for the conference in Santa Marta this April.

Why has climate action has fallen off the political agenda? Not because people don’t care! According to @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social Americans are as concerned now as they were in 2019. No. Decisionmakers are retreating because the right wing is going after them full bore & they are folding. 1/2

We should all be entitled to climate justice yet these brave minds have fought for it on behalf of all humanity. Fighting Not Drowning is an absolute must-watch about work of the young lawyers from small-island nations at the first ICJ Climate hearings 🥺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVG2...

Join us for this important conversation tomorrow at the University of Iceland! #FossilFuelTreaty 🧊🇮🇸💙