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When the world meets next November for COP31, the "number one question" on the table must be the just transition away from fossil fuels, said Alex Rafalowicz at @glblctzn.bsky.social in Rio yesterday.

Today in Rio, our Director Alex Rafalowicz addressed @glblctzn.bsky.social on the success of the conference in Santa Marta and what's next 🔥

🇰🇪 Last week in Kenya, the Ministry of Energy and civil society, including @powershiftafrica.bsky.social, came together to discuss the country's plans for its sustainable energy future—and what role a Fossil Fuel Treaty can play in those plans 🌱

🌍 Join us for the launch webinar of “Visions for Replacing Fossil Fuel Revenues in Africa” 🗓️ 23 June from 13:30–15:00 BST 🔗 See our exciting speakers and register: www.fossilfueltreaty.org/events/repla...

Mark your calendars this Environment Day! 🗓️ On Friday, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative in collaboration with APMDD invite you to a Debrief and Strategy Session on the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta.

Today marks another milestone in the movement for global climate justice 🤝

@tzeporah.bsky.social joined an episode of @climateeforum.bsky.social to talk about why the Santa Marta conference was historic and why it finally puts fossil fuel production, not just emissions, at the center of climate diplomacy. 🔗Watch the full video at youtu.be/Y822TASaJHk?...

(English below) El comienzo del fin de la era fósil ya está aquí. ✊ Más de 55 países se reunieron en Santa Marta para avanzar hacia una salida justa, financiada y legal de los combustibles fósiles. El camino sigue en el Pacífico. Hagamos realidad el Tratado sobre Combustibles Fósiles.

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 (available in English and Spanish)! 🔗 fossilfueltreaty.org/newsletter

The First Phase Out Conference made global headlines, with coverage from Carbon Brief, AP, Euronews and The Guardian highlighting growing momentum for roadmaps, finance and cooperation to transition away from fossil fuels. This is a new phase of international action.

🖋️ Santa Marta was a turning point for the climate—but to make sure the process succeeds, developing countries must hold the pen, writes Harjeet Singh, Strategic Advisor to the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, in Climate Home News.

(English below) Desde el aumento de costes en África hasta comunidades en el Amazonas y el Pacífico, los impactos de los combustibles fósiles ya están aquí. En Santa Marta, voces de todo el mundo piden acción real, responsabilidad y un Tratado de Combustibles Fósiles. Mira qué está cambiando.

Today marked a historic breakthrough in climate diplomacy.

Yuvelis Morales Blanco called for a binding #FossilFuelTreaty in her opening keynote speech yesterday for the high-level segment of the conference in Santa Marta 🔥

President Petro 🇨🇴: Peoples and nations must unite to end the barbarity of the fossil fuel era. ✊🌎 Today is the closing of the high-level segment of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Follow along for updates 👀

Here’s what you missed at the Santa Marta Conference! 👀🇨🇴 It’s been a busy week—filled with joy and hope for a fossil-free world. Governments, civil society, & more have been building momentum for a just transition. 💪 The call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty is louder than ever! Will you stand with us?

The Synthesis of National Government Positions on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels has just been released by Colombia and the Netherlands ahead of today’s High-Level Dialogue at the Santa Marta Conference

🤝 A high-ambition coalition of Global South nations call for Santa Marta Conference to recognize need for a new legal instrument for a fair phase out of fossil fuels.

All around the world, women are writing a future free from fossil fuels ✊♀

🤝 In the months leading up to the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, the Governments of Colombia and the Netherlands as co-hosts led a global consultation process.

🌟Join us and Global Citizen for an all-star panel on the next steps towards implementation of a fossil fuel phaseout 🥳 The lineup includes current and former leaders from Ireland 🇮🇪, Tuvalu 🇹🇻, and Colombia 🇨🇴; academic and legal experts; and leaders from the Treaty Initiative. Hope to see you there!

(English below) Santa Marta vive un momento decisivo. Más de 55 gobiernos debaten cómo ir más allá de los combustibles fósiles. Crece el impulso por cooperación internacional, incluyendo un Tratado. ¿Qué rumbo elegirán?

Senior Officials from nation states engaging in discussions to advance a Fossil Fuel Treaty, alongside 7 observer nations, met this week in Santa Marta, Colombia.

🕊️The Meeting of Spiritualities brought together global religious networks to align around a shared commitment for a transition beyond fossil fuels.

Speaking at the launch of a new global scientific panel on energy transition, @kuminaidoo.bsky.social highlighted a hard truth: for years, we’ve asked for a fair, ambitious and binding climate deal and instead got agreements full of loopholes.

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.