Global Summit Aims to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Through International Cooperation

Podcast: WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast · WPKN

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

Interview with Tzeporah Berman, founder and chair of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, conducted by Melinda Tuhus. Earlier this year, the first-ever conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels took place in Santa Marta, Colombia, co-hosted by then-Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Netherlands. No fossil fuel lobbyists were allowed and only countries that made a commitment to drawing down their emissions were in attendance. One of the key issues discussed at the conference was the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, a global campaign advocating for a new binding international legal agreement to halt the expansion of fossil...