This session will look at how developing countries—whether fossil fuel exporters or energy importers—can phase out fossil fuels without tipping into sovereign debt crisis, and the role multilateral institutions can play in making that possible.
Bringing together leading experts, this event will explore how 1.5°C-aligned fossil fuel phase-out pathways can be translated to the national level, what equitable phase-out looks like, and how institutions can support credibility and accountability.
This session focuses on mobilizing clean energy investment through smart policy design. It examines how governments can deploy carbon pricing, tax incentives, and complementary measures to attract private capital, and how to build a policy mix that is fiscally sustainable, well-coordinated, and resilient.
Part of the Academic Pre-Conference to the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, this session will address the need for states to move away from the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) model to protect a just energy transition and develop short- and long-term reform options for governments.
This session will explore what lessons policy-makers can learn from existing transition plans. With a particular focus on the needs of Global South countries, experts will generate insights on institutional design, financing, plant and mine closure, land restoration, and more.
Ahead of the Santa Marta Conference, this event will explore best practices on fossil fuel subsidy reform as well as how governments can increase accountability and energy security.
As tensions in the Middle East raise concerns about disruptions to global oil supply, including risks around the Strait of Hormuz, and as governments gather in Colombia for the first international conference on a just transition away from fossil fuels, a familiar reflex is re-emerging: in uncertain times, double down on fossil fuels. For many subnational governments, that instinct is not just outdated - it is also very risky.