In late April, government representatives from almost 60 countries gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the first-ever global diplomatic conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels. They were joined by representatives from global civil society.

This is a really promising development, something that has been impossible to achieve at the official UN Conferences of the Parties (COPs). Obstruction by the thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists who are allowed to attend COP, and by powerful fossil fuel-producing countries like the United States and Saudi Arabia, has sabotaged attempts at negotiating a fossil fuel phaseout at COP, even though fossil fuels are the key driver of the climate crisis.

Please join us to hear from U.S. movement organizers who were on the ground in Santa Marta, as they share their assessment of the achievements at the conference, things that could have been done better, and lessons for our movements going forward.

Speakers:

• Shontae Cannon Buckley, Members Relations Manager, U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN)
• Feleecia Guillen, New Mexico Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
• Rachel Ruback, North American Project Manager, Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative 
• Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network 
• Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos, Global Climate Justice Director & Youth Program Director, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light; Director- ShiftUS 

Moderated by Basav Sen, Climate Policy Director, Institute for Policy Studies