Climate Politics

Colombia Hosts Fossil-Fuel Exit Talks as Global Energy Crisis Deepens

Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta. 

A view of the marina in Santa Marta, Colombia.

Photographer: Luis Acosta /AFP/Getty Images

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Just across the road from the site of the first international conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, or TAFF, oil tankers routinely unload at the Pozos Colorados terminal, home to Colombia’s largest fuel-storage tank.