Colombia Pushes Fossil Fuel Phaseout

The story now emphasizes that the Santa Marta process has moved from a broad political gathering to a more structured coalition effort, with a new scientific advisory panel and clearer policy focus. It also adds a sharper assessment that the hardest barrier is not renewable expansion but politically and financially unwinding fossil-fuel dependence, especially in producer countries.

The story has broadened from a smaller Colombia-Netherlands-led coalition into a much larger, more structured effort involving more than 50 governments, the EU, and scientific advisers. It also now emphasizes concrete domestic roadmaps, implementation hurdles, and the inclusion of export-fuel emissions and Brazil's parallel planning.