Maja Groff Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance LinkedIn 8 September 2026
Global challenges require systemic, planetary-scale solutions. The article below by IEF member Maja Groff details how MEGA and the Climate Governance Commission are driving next-generation institutional reforms. IEF collaborates in MEGA and is represented on the MEGA steering committee.
Final Outcome Report Santa Marta Conference April 2026
On 23 June 2026, during London Climate Action Week, Colombia and the Netherlands released the final outcome report of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Santa Marta conference, held in April, was the start of the first international process discussing the just transition from fossil fuels.
The loss of sea ice over the last two decades has triggered an irreversible chemical shift in the Arctic Ocean. By exposing shallow coastal waters to intense sunlight, the melting ice has accelerated a process that destroys nitrate, the foundational fertiliser required for marine life to survive.
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.
