First ever talks to ditch fossil fuels as UN deadlock deepens

Posted on 24 April 2026

With frustrations at a lack of progress being made at UN COP climate meetings a large group of countries including some major oil producers are meeting on Friday 24th April to plan something UN climate summits have failed to agree on - a complete move away from fossil fuels.

Around 60 nations are gathering in Columbia as the world warms rapidly, mainly from the use of coal, oil and gas, countries attending account for roughly a fifth of global fossil fuel supply - including Colombia, Australia and Nigeria - but major powers including the US, China and India are not part of the talks.

It will be interesting to see if they can make progress where the COP meetings have not.

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