The breakaway climate conference challenging the COP process – or the start of a mutual economic suicide pact?

Green Energy

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A new international climate conference led by Colombia and the Netherlands established voluntary national roadmaps to accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels, says OilPrice.com.

Several state leaders praised the conference for its explicit focus on reducing reliance on fossil fuels and supporting a global green transition, particularly as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) annual COP climate conference has been increasingly critiqued for giving a platform to oil and gas lobbyists.
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The first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference was a success, with several state actors leaving the summit with support for developing a roadmap for a green transition, which had not been achieved at previous COP conferences.

However, there was much less international coverage of the conference than that of the annual COP summits, and only a limited number of countries attended the conference, suggesting that greater awareness must be raised ahead of the second conference, and more pressure should be put on governments to participate in the summit.

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