Down to Earth - 'We represent a new force': Nearly 60 nations push ahead with fossil fuel exit
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2 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Some 60 countries are gathering in the coastal city of Santa Marta in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked UN climate talks: how to exist fossil fuels.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a conference is taking place in Colombia involving many nations to discuss phasing out fossil fuels, echoing the claim's core message. While the evidence does not explicitly state '60 countries,' the web search result mentions 'Around 60 nations,' which aligns with the claim's premise. The evidence confirms the location (Colombia) and the topic (tackling fossil fuels/climate talks deadlock).
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— Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located in South America, with insular regions in North America. Colombia's mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia
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— Colombia has an extensive and diverse hydrographic system. Its principal rivers include the Magdalena, Amazonas, Cauca, Guaviare, Putumayo, and Caquetá. Until 1990, Colombia ranked fourth globally in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrography_of_Colombia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrography_of_Colombia
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— Palomino is a small town on the Caribbean coast of Colombia located in the Guajira region of Colombia, approximately 70 km from Santa Marta and 90 km from Riohacha.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomino,_Colombia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomino,_Colombia
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“It's the first global conference of its kind, bringing together nations that want to accelerate a fossil fuel phaseout, despite a decades-long stalemate at the UN-level COP summits.”
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Both web search results indicate that this conference is positioned as an alternative or response to the stalemate at UN-level COP summits. One source mentions it is 'a world-first conference' tackling the issue that 'has deadlocked the UN climate talks,' and another references the context of the COP30 summit outcome. This suggests it is viewed as a pioneering effort bypassing UN deadlock.
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— Around 60 nations are attending a world-first conference in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked the UN climate talks -- how to exit the fossil fuels that cause global warming.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260427-nations-backi…
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260427-nations-backi…
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— Colombia announced its intention to hold the breakaway conference last year, at the UN Cop30 climate summit in neighbouring Brazil, where the final outcome contained only an oblique reference to the p…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-t…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-t…
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— The first mention of fossil fuels in an official UNFCCC output did not arise until the 2023 COP28 conference. The call to transition “away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and e…
https://theconversation.com/heres-what-to-expect-from-the-fi…
https://theconversation.com/heres-what-to-expect-from-the-fi…
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