# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ‘coalition of the willing’
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 05:26 am – Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 09:59 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Spearheading Renewable Transition

Paradigm Shift Underway

Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock

“Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters.

Everybody knows fossil fuels cause climate breakdown, but until recently, mention of them was all but erased from the annual UN climate summits.

Last year, two weeks of discussions ended without fossil fuels being mentioned in the final outcome.

Frustration with those talks led a small developing country with a large fossil fuel sector – Colombia, the largest coal and fourth biggest oil exporter in the Americas – to rewrite the rules. With co-convener the Netherlands, and support from more than 50 countries, Colombia will host a groundbreaking new global conference this month to begin the long-awaited ‘transition away from fossil fuels.’

Now, with nations embroiled in another oil-inflected war and fuel prices soaring worldwide as a consequence, the conference in Santa Marta on 28 and 29 April looks more prescient than ever.

Countries are paying the price for oil addiction, not just in their energy bills but in food prices, consumer inflation, shortages, and businesses threatened with collapse.

‘We, of course, didn’t know that war was going to break out, but we knew the challenges of a dependency on fossil fuels.’

The oil crisis, sparked by the US-Israeli attack on Iran, is spotlighting the stark choice world leaders face between oil, gas and coal and the cleaner, safer renewable energy of the future. 

This is the moment in which history is going to split.

Jumpstart of Transition in Progress

Spurred by soaring prices, some countries – and millions of individuals – are already making the switch.

Record numbers of households in the UK are turning to solar panels, electric vehicles and heat pumps. 

Not counting China, global power generation from coal and gas has fallen, while renewables have surged ahead, with solar generation up 14% and wind by 8%. 

After the closure of the Hormuz strait, coal-fired power generation fell in the US, India, EU, Turkey and South Africa, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, despite fears that countries would return to coal.

For the first time, the countries that want to forge ahead with the energy transition cannot be held back by the naysayers.

While 54 countries have confirmed their attendance at the conference, some of the world’s biggest economies and biggest polluters, including the US, China, India, Russia and the Gulf petro states, will be missing.

Whatever nations have not yet taken that decision, then this is not the space for them.

 We are not going to have boycotters or climate denialists at the table.

The 54 countries confirmed represent about a fifth of global fossil fuel production and about a third of demand.

They include the UK, the EU, Canada, and Australia and Turkey, which will jointly preside over the next UN climate summit, Cop31, this November. 

Among the dozens of developing countries confirmed are some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis, such as Pacific islands, but also major fossil fuel producers, such as Nigeria, Angola, Mexico and Brazil.

Year after year, we’ve seen this deadlock exploited to delay meaningful action on fossil fuel supply.

Governments first agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” at the Cop28 UN climate summit in Dubai in 2023, but have taken no further steps to decide what such a transition could look like or how to embark on it.

Fossil fuel dependency also leads to war and global conflict, and countries must put themselves “on the right side of history” by moving to alternatives.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/17/colombia-convenes-climate-coalition-of-the-willing-to-break-global-fossil-fuel-deadlock?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fontibon/‘coalition-of-the-willing’/200029982182653
- **Event Categories**: business, conferences, workshops, nonprofit, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Fontibon
- **state**: CU
- **country**: Colombia
- **location**: Santa Marta, Colombia
- **lat**: 4.6595265856056
- **long**: -74.108587419683
- **full address**: Santa Marta, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, Fontibon

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is ‘coalition of the willing’ being held?
  - **A:** ‘coalition of the willing’ takes place on Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 05:26 am to Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 09:59 am at Santa Marta, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, Fontibon.
- **Q**: Who is organizing ‘coalition of the willing’?
  - **A:** ‘coalition of the willing’ is organized by Garnerlaw.com.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** ‘coalition of the willing’ is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fontibon, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If ‘coalition of the willing’ sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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