Petrostates and the fossil fuel industry have been blocking progress on climate change for decades. That stops now, in Santa Marta, Colombia, at the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. ⚡️

Earlier this month, Malawi‘s Ministry of Energy and Mining convened a roundtable meeting on the Global Just Transition and the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, in the lead up to the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta.

Nepal is setting clear priorities ahead of Santa Marta.🇳🇵

Bangladesh is advancing the conversation on a just transition. 🇧🇩

We are not drowning—we are still fighting! ✊🌊 Last week, we launched the Tassiriki Call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific to chart a course for a just & equitable future. Now, we set sail to Santa Marta for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpas...

Ali Nasrallah, Policy and Research Manager at the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative and one of the authors of the new report “Spillover Effects: The Fossil Fuel Debt Trap in the Global South” 🔗 www.fossilfueltreaty.org/s/Spillover-...

Asian civil society and climate justice advocates demand a just transition! ⚡✊🏽 As the energy crisis deepens, triggered by intensifying conflict in the Middle East, nations across Asia are forced to grapple with record-breaking fuel prices and severe supply disruptions. 🛢️

🇱🇰“Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal moment, confronting both a crippling debt crisis and escalating climate threats.” - Niyanthini Kadirgamar, senior research fellow and one of the authors of the new report 🔗 Read the report www.fossilfueltreaty.org/s/Spillover-...

“Egypt and countries across the Global South deserve a future not defined by debt, dependency, and extraction.” - Haneen Shaheen, Ecological Justice & Campaign Advisor @menafem.bsky.social 🔗 Spillover Effects: The Fossil Fuel Debt Trap in the Global South” www.fossilfueltreaty.org/s/Spillover-...

The conference in Santa Marta is just the beginning! 🔗 Watch the full briefing at www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9e... #FossilFreeFuture #JustTransitionNow #FossilFuelTreaty #BeyondFossilFuels

🚨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

“Colombia has one of the most ambitious plans in the world to phase out fossil fuels, but more money is being spent on paying back unfair debt rather than on health, education or climate action.” - Camilo Rodríguez, @priceofoil.bsky.social 🔗 www.fossilfueltreaty.org/s/Spillover-...

Tzeporah Berman reminds us that while the situation is dire, the conference in Santa Marta, as well as the proposal for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, offers us a chance to work towards a better future 🌱

Dr. Amiera Sawas introduces a new report from @fossilfueltreaty, @priceofoil and @mena.fem, “Spillover Effects: The Fossil Fuel Debt Trap in the Global South” 🔗 www.fossilfueltreaty.org/research 🎥And join the livestream! (April 16 | 3:00 ET) www.worldbank.org/en/meetings/...

"Leave no one behind" doesn't just apply to the most vulnerable—it also means that wealthy countries must do their part to advance the just energy transition, says Cedric Dzelu, Technical Director of the Office of the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability in Ghana 🇬🇭

🎙️Speakers Announced! We invite media practitioners and journalists to attend the press conference and hear from these experts on “Asia’s Roadmap for a Fossil-Free Future" 🗓️ April 17 | 11:30 am PHT 🔗 Register: www.fossilfueltreaty.org/events/asian...

A new report from the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, Oil Change International, and MENA Fem, highlights the link between reliance on fossil fuels and rising debt in the Global South. 🔗Read the full report: rb.gy/kwl8rf

⏳TEN DAYS until the Conference in Santa Marta kicks off! Prepare with us this Thursday, April 16th by joining our global movement webinar. The webinar will be in English with interpretation into Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

📢 Can't be in Santa Marta in person, but want to support the movement for a fossil fuel phaseout? We made you an action toolkit! 🔗 Find it at docs.google.com/document/d/1... #FossilFreeFuture #JustTransitionNow #FossilFuelTreaty

Mark your calendar and join the livestream from the Civil Society Policy Forum as experts discuss the new report “Spillover Effects: The Fossil Fuel–Debt Trap in the Global South”. 📅 April 16 | 3:00–4:30PM ET
 🎥 Livestream www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

We invite journalists to join us for a media briefing on Africa’s path to a just transition ahead of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. 📆:15th April 2026 ⏰1 PM GMT/2 PM WAT/3 PM SAST/4 PM EAT Register, here 🔗 lnkd.in/dEu2QKFE

Halo olgeta from Port Vila, Vanuatu! 👋🇻🇺 We're back where the call for a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific first began! Pacific ministers and senior officials are charting the region’s voyage towards a global just transition. ⛵️🌊 Will you sail with us? youtu.be/W0xvoR_o2Fg

In our newsletter, we share some of our important updates from the past month so you can catch up on anything you might have missed!

🗣️ Ministers from Colombia 🇨🇴 and Tuvalu 🇹🇻 joined us and Climate Home News for a conversation on the just transition away from fossil fuels. On the agenda: the oil crisis resulting from the conflict in the Middle East.

⚡️ This week, government representatives joined us and Climate Home News to discuss the upcoming First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, to be held in Santa Marta, Colombia from April 24-29.

“The Pacific did not create the fossil fuel crisis, yet we are paying the highest price for it.” 🛢️ Today, Pacific leaders gather in Vanuatu for the Ministerial Dialogue on the Global Just Transition to shape the region's position ahead of the 1st conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels.

🎙️Press Conference - Asia’s Roadmap for a Fossil-Free Future: Asian leaders and climate justice advocates set expectations for the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels 🔗We invite media practitioners and journalists to register to attend us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just weeks before the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, Colombia announced plans to withdraw from ISDS. 🌎⚖️

🚀 We’re just TWO WEEKS away from the beginning of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.

🎤 “This is the launching of a global process which is very much compatible with the UNFCCC but also enables this space where we can be building cooperation and building the vision for the future that we all so desperately want at this point.” -Amiera Sawas on @wedonthavetime.bsky.social

Regional civil society groups are calling for a Just, Green, & Resilient Southeast Asia & South Asia at the regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur! 🌏🌱 @canseaclimate.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social Here’s what happened 👇 www.instagram.com/reel/DW4_nC1...

The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative recently made an official visit to the Dominican Republic to promote a Treaty and emphasize the urgency of moving toward an energy model that reduces dependence on oil, gas and coal. 🌎⚡️

📄This new brief provides an analysis of how three key international initiatives (the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement, the COP30 Presidency Roadmap, and the proposed Fossil Fuel Treaty) complement each other and together can advance a just transition away from oil, gas, and coal.

🚀 t-minus 2 weeks until the world starts to converge on Santa Marta for the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels 💪 Read the whole article at 🔗https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/iran-war-oil-phase-out-fossil-fuels! #JustTransitionNow

⚡️A crucial diplomatic moment is coming. We’ve launched a new landing page to help supporters understand what is at stake in Santa Marta and how to take action, from pressuring governments to mobilising locally or on the ground.

The Conference in Santa Marta is weeks away — and the world is taking notice 👀 Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson of @wedonthavetime0 wrote an article for @Forbes on Santa Marta. Read the full article at: 🔗 www.forbes.com/sites/we-don... #JustTransitionNow #FossilFuelTreaty #BeyondFossilFuels

🇰🇭In March, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative engaged in high-level diplomatic meetings across Cambodia to strengthen momentum for a just transition away from fossil fuels.

Last week, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative and Bridging Ventures, a partner supporting the design and incubation of the Journey Fund, participated in the Kenya International Investment Conference and held a series of key engagements. Led by Kenya Political Advocacy Lead Eva Sawe

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is the "Heart of the World." It matters that Santa Marta is the location of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.

Last week, the Africa Matters Summit, was convened by Channel Africa at Wits Business School in South Africa. In the lead-up to the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia. Watch the panel discussion here: 🔗https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18SdhHXaKv/?mibextid=wwXIfr

World leaders are heading to Santa Marta for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The People’s Summit for a Fossil-Free Future is where our movements come together to push for real outcomes.

“War can delay, but cannot derail the just transition away from fossil fuels.” Amid growing geopolitical instability, Southeast Asia-South Asia civil society actors launched the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Climate Justice. ✍️📜 Read more 👉 FossilFuelTreaty.org/kuala-lumpur-declaration

🎉 Wonderful news—so far, 45 countries from all over the world + the EU have committed to attending the Conference in Santa Marta to work towards an equitable phaseout of fossil fuels. 💪

“In effect, they risk widening the gap between climate ambition and reality, while shifting the burden of transition onto more vulnerable economies and communities” - Harjeet Singh, strategic adviser of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative 🔗Read the full article: www.scmp.com/week-asia/he...

The Caribbean is gearing up for the conference Santa Marta this April 🌊💪 🔗 Read the full article from CNC3 News at www.cnc3.co.tt/bodley-calls... !

🇱🇰Sri Lanka is helping shape a more just and coordinated response to the fossil fuel crisis. #FossilFuelTreaty #JustTransition #SriLanka #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition #ClimateDiplomacy

A new manifesto from Catholic churches in Latin America, Africa, and Asia speaks out against a fossil-fuel driven global economic model that is driving ecological destruction deepening inequality, threatening human dignity and peace. 🌎🕊️ 🔗See the manifesto: repositorio.celam.org/s/repositori...

Catholic Bishops from Africa, Asia, and Latin America are calling on countries to join the growing bloc of nations engaging in discussions to advance a Fossil Fuel Treaty 📎https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/global-south-catholic-church-releases-manifesto-fossil-fuels.html

According to a recent report by AFRODAD and the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, women and girls in Africa are bearing the heaviest burden of the rising debt, fossil fuel extraction, and climate change. 🔗Read the report here:https://www.fossilfueltreaty.org/research

“Why does the future of Iceland’s glaciers really reflect the future of the world? They’re the canaries in the coal mine.” @tzeporah.bsky.social 🔗 Read the full article: heimildin.is/grein/26283/...