Most COPs were abject failures considering the political machinations of self-serving fossil fuel lobbyits that made all of them (with the possible excpetion of the first one in Paris) tawdry affairs achieving nothing concrete to wean the world off its dependence on buring carbon.

With this first international conference on ending our obsession with oil and its byproducts the ground rules have been reset;

“The Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel Free Future initiative started off the parliamentarian meetings processes. Their call is for a clear phase-out of fossil fuels, and critically, an end to the public subsidies that continue to prop them up.

The Fossil Free Rising declaration captures this mood succinctly: governments cannot claim climate leadership while expanding fossil fuel production and financing the very industries driving the crisis.

Bringing it back to Australia

Australia finds itself in an increasingly uncomfortable position.

While no Minister level delegates have attended, they are dealing with political challenges over fossil fuels and gas taxation at home, a handful of federal government representatives are in Santa Marta, joining more than 80 countries that have committed to phasing out fossil fuels following discussions at the 2025 United Nations General Assembly in Belém.”

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https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260428-the-conversations-in-santa-marta-are-quietly-radical-and-difficult-for-australia-to-ignore

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