Julia Simon
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871 appearances
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3 series
first heard Nov 2024
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She thinks this Santa Marta conference and this potential fossil fuel treaty represent an inflection point for global climate politics.
And by the way, we reached out to the American Petroleum Institute or API about the conference.
The API is the biggest oil and gas trade association in the U.S.
with offices around the world.
ABI spokesperson Charlotte Law said in an email, quote, global energy demand is surging and, quote, ideological debates about eliminating single energy sources are frozen in the past and distract from the real work ahead, innovating to deliver the energy the world needs with a smaller environmental footprint.
Well, we were all evacuated after the fire.
We weren't sure what would happen.
But the next morning, we all gathered in the press conference room.
And then, Colombian Environment Minister Irene Velez Torres, she got on stage, flanked by about a dozen other country representatives, and made this announcement.
I looked over at Andres a few times during the press conference, and he looked like he was tearing up.
I caught up with him after.
Andres!
And Emily, some climate experts agree with him.
The fact that this conference announced the establishment of another conference to phase out fossil fuels, that may end up being one of the most important things to come out of this COP.
I will be there to cover it 100% de Colombia pa'l mundo, pa' pa'.
From Colombia for the world, yes.
More than 80 countries were calling for this conference to emerge with a clear roadmap to move away from fossil fuels.
Burning oil, gas and coal make up about 70 percent of the greenhouse gases driving global warming.
The final agreement did not mention fossil fuels.
More than 20 countries have written a letter rejecting the draft.
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