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Senior government officials and civil society leaders met in Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia, on March 2 and 3 for the Caribbean Convening on a Global Just Transition from Fossil Fuels.
The meeting addressed regional coordination ahead of the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, scheduled for April 24 to 29 in Santa Marta. The conference will be co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands and was announced at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Participants discussed governance, finance and implementation issues linked to a global phase-out of oil, gas and coal. The 2025 UNEP Production Gap Report projects governments will produce 120 per cent more fossil fuels by 2030 than is consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C.
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