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NYCW 2026: Season of Creation
We don’t have time: NYCW 2026 Broadcast
What can we celebrate? What can we challenge?
A Laudato Si’ and Carbon Tracker panel at Climate Week NYC 2026. With overshoot of 1.5°C now called unavoidable and a stable climate recognised as a legal obligation, we ask what the Season of Creation gives us to celebrate, what it demands we challenge, and whether honest realism or optimism better serves the fight ahead.
If interested in attending, please contact events@carbontracker.org
THEMES FOR DISCUSSION
Limiting overshoot
UNEP’s September 2026 report: at least 1.8°C even in the most optimistic future. “There are no good
outcomes above 1.5°C.”
A stable climate as a human right
The ICJ advisory opinion of July 2025, endorsed by the UN General Assembly 141–8 in May 2026,
with the COP31 host among the abstentions.
A decade of COPs without “fossil fuels”
From Paris to COP30, outcomes that consistently omitted the phrase, and the Santa Marta coalition of
the willing formed in response.
The growing cost of delay
Over 35,000 excess deaths across Europe in the summer 2026 heatwaves; seven of nine planetary
boundaries already exceeded.
Optimism or realism?
“What if we stop pretending?” against communities that rise to the occasion, and Laudato Si’s reminder
that the cry of the Earth is the cry of the poor.
We don’t have time: NYCW 2026 Broadcast
We don’t have time: NYCW 2026 Broadcast
Join Tzeporah Berman during the We Don’t Have Time Broadcast, live from New York Climate Week 2026!
Women Building a Resilient World: Implementing a Just Transition and Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Women Building a Resilient World: Implementing a Just Transition and Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Please join us this Climate Week in New York City for an inspiring and solutions-oriented WECAN event, "Women Building a Resilient World: Implementing a Just Transition and Fossil Fuel Phaseout." Amidst a growing polycrisis of geopolitical tensions and climate disasters, women leaders in all of their diversity are speaking out.
During this event, frontline women in all of their diversity, Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and climate justice advocates will come together to explore the bold actions and solutions needed to accelerate a Just Transition and an equitable phaseout of fossil fuels. Through gender-responsive climate policy dialogue, frontline experiences, and community-led solutions, speakers will examine how to translate climate commitments into meaningful implementation while raising ambition to meet the urgency of the climate crisis on the path to COP31 and beyond.
Discussions will highlight women's leadership in advancing renewable energy, phasing out fossil fuels, protecting and regenerating ecosystems, advocating for Rights of Nature, resourcing Indigenous-led stewardship models, dismantling false solutions, strengthening care economies, and building equitable, regenerative solutions that leave no one behind. We will also delve into what is ahead for feminist climate advocacy and goals at COP31.
Speakers to date include:
Ambassador Ilana Seid, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations, Republic of Palau
Bridget Burns, Director of Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), Turtle Island/USA
Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, Turtle Island/United States
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), President of Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), Founder of The Woven Project, Turtle Island/Canada
Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project, Turtle Island/USA
Larissa Baldwin-Roberts (Widjabul Wiabal/Bundjalung), Co-Chair of the Indigenous People Caucus for COP31 & COP32, Co-founder and CEO of Common Threads Indigenous Peoples Organization, Australia
Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa), Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, WECAN Coordinator in Ecuador, Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazonicas, Ecuador
Sharon Lewis, Executive Director, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ), Turtle Island/USA
Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, Canada
With moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Turtle Island/USA
More speakers to be announced!
This is an in-person event in New York City.
Registration is required, and seats are first come, first serve. Doors will open at 4:30 PM for early arrival.
UNSG High-level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition
UNSG High-level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition
Not Open to the Public
The Secretary-General will convene a high-level meeting on climate action and the just transition focused on accelerating a just and orderly energy transition to renewables; mobilizing and scaling up affordable finance and investments for developing countries; and delivering adaptation and resilience support in an era of climate overshoot.
The Climate Summit 2026 will feature an interactive leaders' dialogue as well as a series of multi-stakeholder thematic solutions dialogues.
This Climate Summit, convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, will bring together leaders from major economies, developed and developing countries, vulnerable nations, and major energy producers and consumers to strengthen cooperation at a pivotal moment.
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the climate crisis has entered a new phase in which overshoot is now inevitable, while the energy transition accelerates. Leaders will take stock of progress and set out how they will work together to accelerate the transition, strengthen energy security, advance climate justice, and protect people from an accelerating climate crisis.
UNSG SOlutions dialogue on climate finance
UNSG SOLUTIONS DIALogue on climate finance
Not Open to the Public
The United Nations Secretary-General will convene a High-Level Meeting on Climate Action and the Just Transition during the High-Level Week of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The Meeting will focus on the leadership, implementation, and international cooperation needed to accelerate delivery across the three pillars of the Paris Agreement. It will include a series of multi-stakeholder ‘Solutions Dialogues’, bringing together governments, international organizations and financial institutions, business, investors, subnational actors, civil society, and the UN System to identify practical partnerships and solutions to help accelerate implementation across critical sectors and priorities.
The Dialogue will bring together governments, multilateral development banks and their shareholders, multilateral climate funds, development finance institutions, regional economic organizations, risk pool, innovative sources, credit rating agencies, philanthropy, and private finance —the actors who can, together, ensure delivery and scale of finance for climate action.
The Dialogue will demonstrate the shared determination of the development and climate finance ecosystem to improve coherence, increase scale and accelerate delivery for implementation of NDCs and NAPs and for addressing adaptation, resilience and loss and damage. It will underscore the importance of predictable and adequate concessional finance, including through ambitious replenishments of multilateral climate funds, alongside reforms and innovations that can mobilize additional public and private capital.
Global Assembly of the Campaign for a Fossil Fuel Treaty
Santa Marta opened the door. Now we need to push it wide open.
DATE: 22 September 2026 | TIME: 12:00 - 13:00 UTC (See what that is in your timezone) |
LOCATION: Virtual | LANGUAGE: English and Spanish Interpretation Available
The first Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels broke a decade-long deadlock and opened a new political space dedicated to confronting fossil fuel extraction and production.
The fight has moved forward. The question facing governments is no longer whether fossil fuels must be phased out, but how? The question for social movements is whether we can push governments to build the cooperation, planning and finance needed for a fossil-free future.
In 2027, the second conference of this historic multilateral process will meet in the Pacific. We have a real opportunity to secure a mandate to launch negotiations on a Fossil Fuel Treaty. But winning that negotiating mandate will take a global movement that is organised and united. We need to become impossible to ignore.
That’s why the campaign for a Fossil Fuel Treaty is bringing allies and supporters together through a new series of Global Assemblies. Together, we’ll strengthen our global coalition, align our demands and build the pressure needed to make 2027 a decisive moment for the push to negotiate a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
Join us. Help make 2027 the year we initiate Treaty negotiations.
The Road to Tuvalu: building a Fossil Free Future
The Road to Tuvalu: building a Fossil Free Future
Date: Tuesday, 22nd September
Time: 10-11.30, with networking from 9.30am
Format: Senior executive roundtable, Chatham House Rules
The session will combine short framing inputs with structured roundtable discussion among participating companies. The emphasis is on peer exchange and synthesis, with the aim of identifying shared insights and areas of alignment relevant to the Tuvalu process.
A closed-door Senior Business Roundtable hosted by Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
The roundtable builds on the momentum from the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta and a private sector gathering held during London Climate Action Week, and is intended to serve as a further step toward the upcoming Second Conference in Tuvalu in early 2027. Our aim is to continue building a coherent, coordinated business voice in this process - clarifying constraints, identifying enabling conditions, and jointly exploring how companies can help shape practical, competitive, and investable pathways for the transition away from fossil fuels.
The discussion will focus on the role of the private sector in accelerating the scale-up of climate solutions, identifying the policy and market conditions needed to unlock investment, and addressing the barriers - including structural market distortions such as fossil fuel subsidies and legacy pricing systems - that currently limit the pace and scale of the transition.
The roundtable runs 10:00–11:30, with breakfast and networking from 09:30.
Register in order to receive location information.
The Hub Live at Climate Week NYC 2026
In conversation: It’s now or never: can we kick our fossil fuel addiction?
The recent fossil fuel rollercoaster has proven Oil and Gas are structurally unreliable. Political leaders, corporate decision makers, and the public at the petrol station now know that real energy security no longer comes in a barrel. Moving from rhetoric to action is no small task, but as geopolitical and economic winds begin to shift, the willingness to step away from fossil fuels is gathering real momentum. The question is how we can turn this moment into a definite turning point, and what bold steps we need to take to kick the world’s fossil fuel habit.
Speaker: Dr. Maina Vakafua Talia, Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment, Tuvalu
Moderated by Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Visions for Replacing Fossil Fuels in Africa
Visions for Replacing Fossil Fuels in Africa
23 June 2026 | 1:30 - 3:30 BST | Virtual, register here
Please join us on 23 June at 13.30-15.00 BST for a launch webinar for the project ‘Visions for Replacing Fossil Fuel Revenues in Africa’.
The webinar will feature researchers from Angola, Tanzania, Senegal, Kenya and Nigeria - as they share preliminary insights on potential pathways to replace fossil fuel revenues and plan a managed transition away from fossil fuels - underpinned by national and international cooperation.
Speakers:
Moderator: Seble Samuel
Head of Africa Campaigns and Advocacy, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Dr. Zainab Aliyu
ReImagine Change
Nair de Sousa
African Circular Business Alliance
Shallinerosena Mbwette
Energy Engineer, Research & Climate Resilient Infrastructure development consultant
Thomas Klug
Independent expert
Dr. Jessica Omukuti
Oxford University
Tracy Tunge
University College London
Dr. Adia Coumba Ndaw
University of Gaston Berger
Nibwene Mwakibinga
Independent expert
Dr. Chigozie Nweke-Eze
Oxford University
The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative: Meeting the Habitability Imperative
This invite-only breakfast event is hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative.
From the disappearing coastlines of the Pacific to the flood plains of Europe and the drought-stricken communities of the Global South, fossil fuel-driven climate change is rapidly becoming a crisis of human habitability — threatening where people live, how they work, and what they leave to future generations.
This event will bring together Pacific and European ministers, international experts, and civil society to connect the dots between phasing out fossil fuel production and safeguarding our shared humanity, celebrate the momentum from the recent Santa Marta convening and a inform what must happen next, ahead of the second diplomatic conference hosted by the governments of Tuvalu and Ireland in 2027.
This is an essential conversation for leaders, practitioners and funders seeking to shape the next chapter of climate action in a fundamentally changed context, and to strengthen links between constituencies of the climate movement that have for too long been disconnected from each other.
Treaty UK Network Picnic
Join the Fossil Fuel Treaty at a United Kingdom Networking Picnic! This event will take place on June 22nd, during London Climate Action Week 2026 from 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM BST. For more information please contact Dearbhla Richardson at dearbhla@fossilfueltreaty.org.
Charting the Asian Pathway Beyond Fossil Fuels
Debrief and Strategy Session on the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta
Co-organizers: Asian People's Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) & Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative (FFTI)
Date: 5 June 2026 (Friday)
Time: 1:30 PM Philippine Time
This briefing brings together key regional allies to unpack the outcomes of Santa Marta, translate global takeaways into regional strategies, and sharpen the Asian movement’s roadmap heading toward the UNFCCC SB64 sessions in Bonn, COP31, and the Tuvalu 2027 summit.
Panelists:
Lidy Nacpil – Coordinator, Asian People's Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)
Nithi Nesadurai – Director, Climate Action Network South East Asia (CANSEA)
Farzana Faruk Jhumu – Climate Justice Activist, Fridays for Future, Bangladesh
Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury – Policy and Campaign Coordinator, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)
Abhishek Shrestha – President, Digo Bikas Institute, Nepal
Sharif Jamil – Environmental Activist and Head of Waterkeepers, Bangladesh
Harjeet Singh – Strategic Advisor and Asia Lead, FFTI (Moderator)
Afterparty – Lo Que Sigue
Afterparty – Lo Que Sigue
When: April 29, 21:00 - LATE
Where: Viajero Santa Marta (Calle 26 #4-100)
As the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels comes to a close, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative invites you to gather, reflect, and celebrate what comes next. This evening brings together delegates, advocates, and partners for a special moment in Santa Marta to take stock of the progress made, the alliances strengthened, and the work ahead. It’s a space to connect beyond the formal setting, deepen relationships, and carry forward the shared commitment to a fast, fair, and financed transition through a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
Tickets coming soon
Fossil fuels, militarism and the path to peace
We invite you to join us at this event, made possible thanks to the kind support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and organised by Peace Boat, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), LIMPAL Colombia and the Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS).
Taking place on the margins of the First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, this event will explore the links between fossil fuels and militarism and why demilitarisation is essential to a just transition. Military systems are major yet often overlooked drivers of emissions, while absorbing vast public resources that could instead support climate solutions, adaptation, and community resilience.
Bringing together experts, activists, and grassroots perspectives, the discussion will centre feminist and gender-just approaches to security, highlighting how militarism and fossil fuel extraction reinforce inequality and disproportionately impact women and marginalised communities. It will examine the urgent need to shift resources away from military spending toward a fair energy transition, and explore how the Fossil Fuel Treaty can serve not only as a climate framework but as a pathway to peace by addressing the root causes of conflict and enabling a global, just phase-out of fossil fuels.
The event will also feature the launch of a new report by WILPF and the Fossil Fuel Treaty, The Double Dividend: How Reducing Military Spending Can Finance a Just Transition. The Fossil Fuel Treaty as a Tool for Justice and Peace. It is part of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending.
Treaty Network Hub
Treaty Network Hub
When: Tuesday April 28 to Wednesday 29, 2026 as a space for allies without accreditation to the High Level Segment
Where: Viajero Santa Marta (Calle 26 #4-100)
The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative Hub is a shared space for connection, collaboration, and collective energy during the High-Level Segment of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (28–29 April). Part networking space, part co-working zone, part watch party, the Hub is where we will welcome our diverse network of allies and advocates of a Fossil Fuel treaty to follow the High Level discussions in real time, exchange ideas, and build momentum. Expect an open, flexible environment with coffee and snacks and room for spontaneous conversations, pop-up discussions, and new alliances to take shape. Whether you’re dropping in between sessions, hosting an impromptu meetup, or just looking for your people, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Network Hub is a place to plug in, collaborate, and help push forward the global movement to phase out fossil fuels.
No registration required, but the Hub may have capacity constraints.
Prospects for a Nuclear and Fossil Free Future
Prospects for a Nuclear and Fossil Free Future
When: Monday April 27, 2026
Where: In-person in NYC and online
Join a live link-up between the Nuclear NPT Review Conference in NYC and the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta Colombia. Participation welcome in NYC or Online.
Click here for in person registration at the Bahai' International Centre, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120 New York, NY 10017
Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Date: Monday, April 27, 2026
Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
Following the successful decision of nations participating in the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative to initiate a “series of dedicated conferences” to address fossil fuel production at previous meetings in 2025, Ministers from this growing group of countries will meet in Santa Marta to discuss the legal pathway toward a negotiating mandate and their joint project to enhance international cooperation and multilateral frameworks to manage a fast, fair and financed transition way from fossil fuels.
This high-level event is invite only, subscribe to our newsletter and social media channels for updates on the outcomes.
Strategic Dialogue and Dinner: The Road to Santa Marta and Beyond
Strategic Dialogue and Dinner: The Road to Santa Marta and Beyond
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026
Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
With the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in full swing, the leadership of the Fossil Fuel Treaty initiative will host a dinner to discuss the importance of justice-led international cooperation. By invitation only.
La Energía de los Pueblos: Pa’rriba la vida, pal subsuelo los fósiles
La Energía de los Pueblos: Pa’rriba la vida, pal subsuelo los fósiles
When: Sunday April 26, 17:00 - 00:00
Location: Casa de la Memoria, Santa Marta
The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative invites you to an open-air celebration of movement, music, and momentum in the heart of Santa Marta. This street party is where the energy of the global push for a fossil-free future comes alive. Expect rhythms from across the Caribbean, powerful cultural expression, and a vibrant space to connect, celebrate, and recharge alongside the frontlines of the movement. This is more than a party, it’s a moment to feel the power of collective action, to dance in resistance, and to keep building the energy driving the transition forward.
Tickets coming soon.
Women's Fossil Fuel Phaseout Forum: Halting Harms and Advancing a Just Transition
Women's Fossil Fuel Phaseout Forum: Halting Harms and Advancing a Just Transition
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM COT
Location: Best Western Plus Santa Marta Hotel, Santa Marta, Colombia
To build a healthy and equitable future, we must transform our local and global systems, and champion a regenerative, rights-based approach that prioritizes communities and nature, tackling the root causes of our intertwined social, economic, and climate crises. Please join us in-person in Santa Marta, Colombia for an inspiring and strategic WECAN event on April 25 from 6:00 - 9:00PM COT, "Women's Fossil Fuel Phaseout Forum: Halting Harms and Advancing a Just Transition."
Conference for Fossil Fuel-Free Territories
Conference for Fossil Fuel-Free Territories
Date: April 24-25, 2026
Time: All day
Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
Join the Conferencia por Territorios Libres de Fósiles in Santa Marta to strengthen and connect territorial struggles against extractivism and collectively advance pathways to move beyond fossil fuels.
In the context of escalating climate crisis, geopolitical conflict, and corporate capture, this conference will bring together movements, organizations, and communities to: Share frontline experiences; Advance legal strategies and Rights of Nature approaches; Build real alternatives to fossil fuels; and Develop a collective action plan and international declaration.
People's Summit for a Fossil Free Future
People's Summit for a Fossil Free Future
Date: April 24-26 2026
Time: All Day
Location: Uni Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia
The People’s Summit will be held from the 24 to 26 of April and will serve as a critical space for self-organized civil society to unify our demands and build collective power from the ground up. It is based on a global process for deepening and widening broad movement consensus on a more comprehensive agenda for a rapid, equitable, and just energy transition, culminating in the adoption of three key papers.
This event is not organised by the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, for more information see fossilfreerising.org
Fifth Senior Officials Meeting of Nations Participating in the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Fifth Senior Officials Meeting of Nations Participating in the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Date: Friday, April 24 – Saturday, April 25, 2026
Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
A closed-door meeting where Senior Officials from nation-states participating in the development of a Fossil Fuel Treaty, as well as a number of Observer country participants and technical experts, will discuss ongoing work on the legal pathways toward a negotiating mandate. This meeting is invite-only – subscribe to our newsletter and social media channels to stay up to date on outcomes.
Global Science & Policy Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Global Science & Policy Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Date: April 24-25, 2026
Time: 7:00 - 20:00 COT
Location: Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
This two-day Pre-Conference convenes leading scholars, policy innovators, analysts, and advocacy organisations to advance cutting-edge, interdisciplinary and policy-oriented research on the demand- and supply-side phase-out of fossil fuels. The outcomes will directly inform the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels convened by the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands.
Press Conference on Asia’s Roadmap for a Fossil-Free Future: Asian leaders and climate justice advocates set expectations for the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels
Press Conference on Asia’s Roadmap for a Fossil-Free Future:
Asian leaders and climate justice advocates set expectations for the First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels
Friday, April 17, 2026
11:30AM-12:30PM (Philippine time)
As ongoing global political conflicts, particularly between the US, Israel, and Iran, continue to disrupt global oil markets, driving prices higher and threatening Asia’s energy security, Asia’s heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels is acutely exposed to economic risks. This situation, however, presents an urgent opportunity to accelerate the renewable energy transition. Now more than ever, a regional shift away from fossil fuels and towards electrification and renewables can reduce vulnerability and promote sustainable growth.
The just transition is especially crucial for Asia, as the majority of its countries are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. In addition to facing escalating extreme weather events, disasters, and deepening inequality, these nations also grapple with severe financing gaps – particularly for adaptation, loss and damage, and a just energy transition.
This press conference, featuring government representatives and prominent civil society leaders, will discuss the following key issues:
Using energy security as a catalyst for fossil fuel phase out;
The need to finance the energy transition;
International cooperation for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, and
The necessity of a unified, regional voice at upcoming climate convenings such as the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, and COP31 in Antalya, Turkey.
We invite media practitioners and journalists to register to attend this press conference at the Zoom link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_24WVEiWERVaFP9EqjtZHCA
We will hear from the following panelists:
Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator for the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) & Asia Coordinator for Santa Marta Conference
Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury, Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association
Nithi Nesadurai, Director & Regional Coordinator, Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
Dr. Abid Suleri, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan
Mustafa Talpur, Regional Advocacy and Campaigns Lead, Oxfam International
Mega Maskey, Asia Campaigner for the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Moderated by Harjeet Singh, Strategic Advisor and Asia Lead of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
See you there!
Seizing the Moment: Advancing the Fossil Fuel Treaty in Santa Marta
Seizing the Moment: Advancing the Fossil Fuel Treaty in Santa Marta
🗓 Thursday April 16, 2026
⏰14:00 GMT (07:00 Vancouver, 09:00 Bogotá, 10:00 New York, 15:00 London, 16:00 Paris, 17:00 Addis, 19:30 Delhi, 22:00 Manila)
💻 Register here
🌐 The webinar will be in English with interpretation into Spanish, Portuguese, and French
This session will provide key orientation on the Santa Marta conference, including the Colombian political context, participation opportunities, and how we can most effectively engage as a network.
It will also focus on the strategic importance of advancing the Fossil Fuel Treaty at this critical moment, and why aligning around this demand will be essential in shaping outcomes in Santa Marta.
Africa Regional Media Briefing
Africa Regional Media Briefing
Date: 15 April 2026
Time: 1 PM GMT/2PM WAT/3PM SAST/4PM EAT
Location: Virtual
As geopolitical tensions and conflict continue to unfold, there is growing recognition that fossil fuels are not only driving the climate crisis but also contributing to instability, economic shocks, and insecurity around the world. Meanwhile, the expansion of oil, gas, and coal continues to push the world further away from safe climate limits, with disproportionate impacts on regions like Africa, where communities face escalating climate risks despite contributing the least to the crisis.
Ahead of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, in Santa Marta, Colombia, this virtual regional media briefing hosted by The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, Power Shift Africa and Global Gas and Oil Network will provide expert insights and regional perspectives on the conference, the proposal for a Fossil Fuel Treaty, as well as their relevance for the continent. Journalists are invited to register to attend.
Speakers
Kumi Naidoo - President, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Rajneesh Bhuee - Just Transition Lead, Recourse
Omar Elmawi - Convener, Africa Movement of Movements
Seble Samuel - Head of Africa Campaigns and Advocacy, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Martin Maseghe - Chair of the County Committee on Energy, Transport & Infrastructure, Kenya Council of Governors
Moderator: Lorraine Chiponda, Africa Network Coordinator, Global Gas and Oil Network
Santa Marta em contexto: do roadmap da COP30 à liderança regional para o abandono dos fósseis
Data: Terça-feira, 14 de abril de 2026Hora: 10h (México e América Central) / 11h (Colômbia e Peru) / 13h (Brasil e Argentina)
Formato: Zoom
Inscrições: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ArG7cpPMTKGyq2JxmDQMHw
Tradução: Espanhol / Português
A América Latina e o Caribe voltarão ao centro das atenções neste mês com a realização da 1ª Conferência para a Transição além dos Combustíveis Fósseis, que ocorrerá em Santa Marta, Colômbia, de 24 a 29 de abril de 2026.
Organizada pelos governos da Colômbia e dos Países Baixos, esta conferência reunirá ministros e vice-ministros, governos subnacionais e outros atores que reconhecem a necessidade de abandonar os combustíveis fósseis e que irão dialogar justamente sobre como realizar essa transição de forma justa, ordenada e equitativa.
O encontro em Santa Marta é um espaço-chave para influenciar o rumo da transição energética, que tem como horizonte o abandono dos combustíveis fósseis (phase out).
Para aprofundar os objetivos, expectativas e demais detalhes da Conferência de Santa Marta, Periodistas por el Planeta e Climainfo convidam para uma coletiva de imprensa online na próxima terça-feira, 14 de abril.
Painelistas:
Irene Vélez (Colômbia) – Ministra do Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, coorganizadora da conferência de Santa Marta
Ana Toni (Brasil) – Diretora executiva da COP30
Daniela Vilar (Argentina) – Ministra do Meio Ambiente da Província de Buenos Aires
Carola Mejía (Bolívia) – Rede Latino-Americana e do Caribe por Justiça Econômica, Social e Climática (Latindadd)
Moderação:
Andrés Gómez (Colômbia) – Coordenador para a América Latina da Iniciativa do Tratado sobre Combustíveis Fósseis
Fossil Fuel Transition in an Unstable World
Santa Marta: Fossil Fuel Transition in an Unstable World
April 9th, 6:00pm UK // 1:00pm Colombia
At this online webinar hosted by Climate Home News in partnership with the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, government representatives and civil society observers will discuss how the landmark conference co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands can deliver on the momentum away from fossil fuels, especially at a time of global instability.
Speakers:
• Minister Irene Vélez Torres, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
• Hon Dr. Maina Vakafua Talia, Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, Tuvalu
• Cedric Dzelu, Technical Director of the Office of the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Ghana
• Tzeporah Berman, Chair and Founder, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
Towards a fossil fuel phaseout from below: artivism webinar
Towards a fossil fuel phaseout from below: artivism webinar
If you’re organizing (or considering organizing) an action as part of the global distributed mobilisations around the Santa Marta Conference: this webinar is for you
The Artivist Network and the Fossil Fuel Treaty invite all comrades and allies to a creative tactics skill-share on the 9th of April, at 6.30pm IST - - 3pm CET/SAST - 2pm BST - 1pm UTC - 9am EDT - 8am COT where we will showcase inspiring examples of creative actions that have sparked change by using art as a tool for intervention.
After the 30-minute presentation of examples created by allies, we will split into groups for a brainstorming session on how our movement can implement these ideas in their own actions in Santa Marta or anywhere around the globe.
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