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Colombia’s 2022 election. Two of the other five recipients of this year’s prize have also focused their efforts on fighting fossil fuels, which are causing both global climate change and more localised pollution
Colombia published a draft roadmap during the conference and [set up a scientific panel to advise countries](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/new-global-panel-aims-to-accelerate-move-away-from-fossil-fuels). On Tuesday, [France became](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/capitalism-colombia-climate-summit-gustavo-petro) the first developed country to release a national
Colombia, last month and the impact of the [energy crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol) on the fossil fuel industry, shows “political momentum is clearly growing”. “Governments must now translate this resolution into tangible roadmaps to equitably
fuel, fertilisers, plastics and transport, resulting in higher food prices for communities from Manila to Quito. And now food production is at risk, with upwards of 20 percent of global fertiliser exports unable to move
impactful than all previous crises combined, according to Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist and chief of the International Energy Agency, the gold standard in energy research. “This is bigger than
impact of the oil crisis? War in Iran and the closure of the strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas passes, have sent the oil price soaring
impact and saving money. [![Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth Stientje van Veldhoven attend the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference