Irene Velez Torres

I'm going to stress eat chocolate.

Anyone want to do that?

The idea of the Santa Marta conference is to have this first space in which we are completely clear that the phasing out is necessary because it's not easy.

No one is saying that it is easy.

But if we don't face the problems, we cannot build the solutions.

Thank you very much for being here.

This declaration is grounded in a simple scientific truth.

Fossil fuels are the primary driver of climate crisis.

For that reason, the government of Colombia, in alliance with the government of the Netherlands, announces today the first international conference on just transition away from fossil fuels.