After the failure of the Climate Change COP30 in Brazil to address fossil fuels due to the consensus rule and the opposition of vested interests in the current energy system, a “conference of the willing” was convened by Colombia and the Netherlands in Santa Marta, Colombia, on 24-29 April 2026.
Santa Marta, Colombia, Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, April 2026
The energy transition needs money and technology — and new ideas
Daniel Perell Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations Submitted to Brazil’s COP30 Task Force on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels 22 April 2026
Prepared for the Santa Marta, Colombia conference on the transition away from fossil fuels (TAFF), 24-29 April 2026, exploring underlying assumptions that need to be interrogated as part of the process.
G20 Interfaith Forum Environment Working Group Policy Brief 20 January 2026
The G20 Interfaith Forum published a policy brief prepared for the 2025 G20 meeting in Johannesburg in 2025 on the debt-climate nexus. The policy brief was prepared by the IF20 Environment Working Group, which is chaired by IEF President Arthur Dahl and includes IEF member Monica Maghami.
Based on a paper in Nature Communications and a report in The Guardian 19 January 2026
Scientists report that global floating seaweed blooms are expanding in the oceans, with possible serious consequences. In the past two decades, both microscopic algae, such as phytoplankton, and seaweeds or macroalgae, have increased in certain coastal and open ocean waters.
