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Against a backdrop of rising global tensions and energy market instability, governments from around 60 countries are gathering in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Santa Marta for a summit aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels.
Against a backdrop of rising global tensions and energy market instability, governments from around 60 countries are gathering in Colombia’s Caribbean city of Santa Marta for a summit aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels. © FRANCE 24

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Some 60 countries are gathering in the coastal city of Santa Marta in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked UN climate talks: how to exist fossil fuels. It’s the first global conference of its kind, bringing together nations that want to accelerate a fossil fuel phaseout, despite a decades-long stalemate at the UN-level COP summits. Our Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe tells us more.


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Valérie Dekimpe