Overview
- The Santa Marta conference, which reached a voluntary consensus Wednesday, produced a non-binding pledge by about 50 countries to plan exits from coal, oil and gas.
- Organizers set up a scientific advisory group and published a 12‑step policy menu that urges countries to stop approving new drilling and fossil-fuel infrastructure.
- France presented an 18‑page national roadmap with exit dates—coal by 2030, oil by 2045, gas by 2050—and measures such as banning gas boilers in new buildings from late 2026.
- The French plan also targets two out of three new cars to be electric by 2030, offering a concrete template that delegates said other countries could adapt.
- Participants said they will carry the Santa Marta blueprint into UN climate talks at COP31 in Antalya in November and reconvene the forum in Tuvalu in 2027.