1st Conference

Transitioning

away from Fossil Fuels

Colombia - The Netherlands

Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders that recognize the need to implement a transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner, in line with climate goals and the best available science.

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FIRST CONFERENCE ON TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS BEGINS IN

Our Conference is guided by the following principles: 

  • Participation by those ready to move forward, recognizing this as a space focused on action rather than persuasion.

  • Implementation as our guiding star, based on the shared scientific certainty that accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels is essential to achieving climate goals, upholding human rights, and addressing the triple planetary crisis. Focus on action rather than further diagnosis.

  • Focus on solutions that meaningfully support the transition rather than delay it

Thematic pillars that define the scope of the Conference

  • Overcoming economic dependence

    · Fiscal dependence and public debt

    · Productive reconversion without creating new forms of extractivism

    · Shared responsibilities and joint efforts

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  • Transforming supply and demand

    · Demand: fuel switching, energy security and sovereingty, phase-out of key demand drivers, and energy access.

    ·  Supply: Planned phase-down and closure of fossil fuel extraction, including environmental liabilities, fair distribution of responsibilities and impacts, cost coverage, stranded asset management.

    · Incentives: from fossil fuel subsidies to clean energy investment

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  • Advancing international cooperation and climate diplomacy

    · Closing gaps in implementation, governance, and cooperation, including the scope and challenges of the UNFCCC.

    · Addressing international legal barriers, particularly those arising from investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS)

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