Santa Marta, Colombia, 28 April 2026 — Greenpeace is urging governments, together with Australia, attending the primary international effort to section out fossil fuels to grab the present power provide disaster to speed up a simply transition to renewable power that protects individuals and builds long-term local weather and power stability.
On the eve of the convention and in response to the US-Israel conflict on Iran, Greenpeace activists displayed a message on the seashore in Santa Marta saying: ’Renewables Energy Peace’ and known as on the attending international locations to ‘Finish Fossil Fuels’. In Australia, Greenpeace activists displayed a banner in entrance of Sydney’s iconic Opera Home, carrying the message, “Oil and fuel gas conflict, renewables energy peace” whereas in Vanuatu, one of many world’s most climate-vulnerable international locations, group members painted a message, ‘Renewables energy peace! Finish fossil fuels’.
Representatives from over 50 governments, alongside Indigenous peoples, scientists and teachers, farmers and lots of of civil society teams are attending the landmark talks.
Talking from Santa Marta, Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, mentioned: “The impacts on lives and livelihoods from the unlawful conflict on Iran by the USA and Israel and the spiralling power prices hitting Pacific communities are signs of the identical damaged system: a worldwide dependence on risky fossil fuels. The equipment of battle is fuelled by the identical trade choking our planet.
We come collectively in Santa Marta at an historic turning level. We recognise that true power safety can’t be constructed on the again of unlawful wars or political energy performs. To honour these caught within the crossfire of useful resource conflicts, we should speed up a simply transition to scrub, sovereign renewables. That is our second to decide on a path of peace over a legacy of extraction, making certain a secure and steady future for communities in all places.”
To coincide with the First Worldwide Convention on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Greenpeace Worldwide has produced a coverage briefing outlining the core components of a simply transition and the pressing, precedence actions wanted from nationwide governments and thru international co-operation to make it a actuality. Greenpeace may also have a delegation of local weather and power coverage consultants on web site in Santa Marta.
Laura Caicedo, Campaigns Coordinator at Greenpeace Colombia, mentioned: “Colombia has every thing it wants to guide an power transition primarily based on photo voltaic and wind energy. This potential is an actual alternative to maneuver towards a extra simply mannequin, with group participation and tangible advantages for individuals. However for this to occur, we’d like international finance to be unlocked so {that a} nationwide roadmap could be applied. In a context of world disaster and instability, diversifying our power combine is just not solely a local weather necessity, it’s key to strengthening the nation’s financial resilience and decreasing dependence on fossil fuels.”
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[1] A Simply Transition Away from Fossil Fuels: Coverage Briefing
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