EVENTS IN SANTA MARTA

Date: 24 April 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Hilton
Organisers: GGON, Ocean Conservancy, CIEL

This pre-conference workshop addresses a critical gap in global climate discussions: offshore oil and gas. The workshop will provide a focused, structured space to examine offshore oil and gas within the broader transition agenda through an ocean and coastal lens. Bringing together civil society leaders, ocean stakeholders, and policy experts, it will explore how offshore considerations can be integrated into emerging global frameworks and policy processes, aligned with the Conference’s three core thematic pillars. Space is limited. Please register your interest to attend; participation will be confirmed in advance of the conference.

24 April

Date: 24-25 April 2026
Location: Universidad del Magdalena
Organisers: Carbon Tracker, IISD, LINGO

The Academic Dialogue of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels is a two-day Pre-Conference convening leading scholars, policy innovators, analysts, and advocacy organisations to advance cutting-edge, interdisciplinary and policy-oriented research on the demand- and supply-side phase-out of fossil fuels. The outcomes will directly inform the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels convened by the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands.

24 April, 25 April

Date: 24-26 April 2026
Location: Uni Cooperativa de Colombia & Universidad del Magdalena
Organisers: CAN-DCJ- Consejo

The People’s Summit for a Fossil Free Future is a space where movements come together to build power from the ground up, bringing together a global coalition of organisations, frontline communities, Indigenous Peoples, workers, youth, and climate justice advocates. Common principles, demands, and a People’s Roadmap for fossil fuel phaseout will be discussed over 3 days through a collective, movement-led process. These unified positions will then be carried into the Assembly of the People held by the government of Colombia on April 27, and eventually the High Level segment on April 28-29, ensuring that the voices of civil society don’t just speak alongside the decision makers, but actively help shape the decisions.

24 April, 25 April, 26 April

Date: 24-25 April 2026
Location: Santa Marta
Organisers: FOSPA, Oil Watch

Join the Conferencia por Territorios Libres de Fósiles in Santa Marta to strengthen and connect territorial struggles against extractivism and collectively advance pathways to move beyond fossil fuels.

In the context of escalating climate crisis, geopolitical conflict, and corporate capture, this conference will bring together movements, organizations, and communities to: Share frontline experiences; Advance legal strategies and Rights of Nature approaches; Build real alternatives to fossil fuels; and Develop a collective action plan and international declaration.

24 April, 25 April

Date: April 24-27
Location: Santa Marta

Senior Officials and Ministers from nation-states backing the Fossil Fuel Treaty will discuss ongoing work on the legal pathways toward a negotiating mandate. Both the Senior Officials and Ministerial Meeting are invite only, but please subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date.

24 April, 25 April, 26 April

Date: 25 April 2026
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM COT
Location: Best Western Plus Santa Marta Hotel, Santa Marta, Colombia

To build a healthy and equitable future, we must transform our local and global systems, and champion a regenerative, rights-based approach that prioritizes communities and nature, tackling the root causes of our intertwined social, economic, and climate crises. Please join us in-person in Santa Marta, Colombia for an inspiring and strategic WECAN event on April 25 from 6:00 - 9:00PM COT, "Women's Fossil Fuel Phaseout Forum: Halting Harms and Advancing a Just Transition."

25 April

Date: 26 April 2026
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Location: Santa Marta

With the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in full swing, the leadership of the Fossil Fuel Treaty initiative will host a dinner to discuss the importance of justice-led international cooperation. By invitation only.

26 April

Date: 26 April 2026
Time: 17:00-00:00
Location: Casa de la Memoria, Santa Marta

The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative invites you to an open-air celebration of movement, music, and momentum in the heart of Santa Marta. This street party is where the energy of the global push for a fossil-free future comes alive. Expect rhythms from across the Caribbean, powerful cultural expression, and a vibrant space to connect, celebrate, and recharge alongside the frontlines of the movement. This is more than a party, it’s a moment to feel the power of collective action, to dance in resistance, and to keep building the energy driving the transition forward.

26 April

Date: 27 April 2026
Time: Time
Location: In-person in NYC and online

Join a live link-up between the Nuclear NPT Review Conference in NYC and the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta Colombia. Participation welcome in NYC or Online.

27 April

Date: 28-29 April 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: Viajero Santa Marta (Calle 26 #4-100)

The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative Hub is a shared space for connection, collaboration, and collective energy during the High-Level Segment of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (28–29 April). Part networking space, part co-working zone, part watch party, the Hub is where we will welcome our diverse network of allies and advocates of a Fossil Fuel treaty to follow the High Level discussions in real time, exchange ideas, and build momentum. Expect an open, flexible environment with coffee and snacks and room for spontaneous conversations, pop-up discussions, and new alliances to take shape. Whether you’re dropping in between sessions, hosting an impromptu meetup, or just looking for your people, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Network Hub is a place to plug in, collaborate, and help push forward the global movement to phase out fossil fuels.

28 April, 29 April

Date: 29 April 2026
Time: 21:00 - LATE
Location: Casa Kapikua, km 20 vía Santa Marta - Ciénaga

As the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels comes to a close, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative invites you to gather, reflect, and celebrate what comes next. This Conference afterparty brings together delegates, advocates, and partners for a special moment in Santa Marta to take stock of the progress made, the alliances strengthened, and the work ahead. It’s a space to connect beyond the formal setting, deepen relationships, and carry forward the shared commitment to a fast, fair, and financed transition through a Fossil Fuel Treaty.

29 April

Date: 28 April 2026
Time: 10:30 -12pm (Colombia Time)
Location: Hilton Garden, Aguabahía Room, Carrera 1c #24-02 Comuna 2, Santa Marta

Join Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Fossil Fuel Treaty, LIMPAL Colombia, PeaceBoat, WILPF, and the Conflict and Environment Observatory for a Launch of the Double Dividend Report. There will be English and Spanish interpretation.

28 April

Date: 27 April 2026
Time: 11:00-15:00
Location: Hilton Hotel - Pozos Colorados
Organisers: Equal Right, Bridging Ventures, Wings, Fundación Avina, Amazon Conservation Team

​The Investment Partner Engagement Hub brings together governments, financial institutions, philanthropic organizations, and community, social, and private innovators to translate just transition ambition into investable action. Hosted alongside the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, this curated space will facilitate candid dialogue, cross-sector alignment, and the formation of durable financing partnerships — grounded in equity and centered on community-defined transition pathways.

27 April

Date: 26 April 2026
Organisers: Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future

More information coming soon. For information please contact info@parlfossilfree.org

26 April

Date: 27 April 2026
Organiser: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Colombia (FESCOL)

La Chiva Climática will arrive in Santa Marta to develop its itinerant methodology through two tours involving community and popular processes in the territory. Similarly, La Chiva will be installed in a physical space open to the public in Santa Marta. In both spaces, the focus will be on the exchange of knowledge, intergenerational dialogue, and political imagination in favor of a truly fair and inclusive energy transition. C. Public action and communication strategy

The inputs gathered during the virtual meetings and field visits will be translated into visible public action during the citizen mobilization on April 27. Within this framework, a banner and posters will be collectively created to convey the visions for the future developed in the previous spaces. At the same time, a communications strategy will be used to raise the profile of the messages developed and the initiative itself.

27 April

Date: 27 April 2026
Organisers: Climate Justice Flotilla/Global Sumud Colombia

Flotilla reception ceremony with fisherfolk to amplify their demands, participation in the Fair of Alternatives, action at coal port with unions/local communities, united front for an energy embargo for Palestine and against the energy blockade in Cuba at the physical mobilisation (27th).

27 April

Date: 28 April 2026
Time: 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Location: Sanha Hotel Plus
Organisers: Latindadd, Recourse, MENAFem, FARN, OCI, CESR, Debt for Climate, Oxfam, Eurodad

With its three pillars connecting energy systems with economic dependence and international governance, the Santa Marta Conference rightly identifies historically high debt, loan-based climate finance, and Global South countries’ structural subordination in the global financial system as key barriers to a just transition away from fossil fuels.

This interactive event will highlight concrete steps to break out of the debt-fossil-climate vicious cycle. It brings together international experts on economic and climate justice from civil society, the UN, and national government to highlight how the debt-fossil fuel trap plays out in practice, what actions are needed to undo it, and which institutions need to be part of the solution.

28 April

Date: 28 April 2026
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Location: Hotel Zuana Beach Resort, Spa y Centro de Convenciones
Organiser: RAN, BankTrack, Amazon Watch, Friends of the Earth US, ReCommon, Urgewald, Stand.Earth, Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future, Oil Change International

The finance roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels must include aligning both private and public sector financing with the goals of the Paris Agreement and delivering a just clean energy future. This event will explore what financial architecture and reforms are needed to deliver a fast, fair, funded and durable global phase down and out of fossil fuels, emphasizing the role that governments need to play on restructuring public finance flows and regulating the private finance sector while adhering to human rights frameworks and forest protection and land use safeguards. The event will also highlight the importance of including commitments on public and private finance in a Fossil Fuel Treaty, effectively binding governments to regulate the financial streams to fossil fuels within their jurisdictions.

28 April

Date: 28 April 2026
Time: 11:0am -1:00 pm
Location: Unimagdalena Auditorio Playa Grande
Organisers: Friends of Climate and Health (alojado por el International Institute for Sustainable Development), junto con la Global Climate and Health Alliance y The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

This event will convene stakeholders engaged in the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels to co-develop messages on the health sector’s role in supporting a just and equitable transition. It will position the health sector as a key contributor to the progressive phase-out of fossil fuels, highlighting the associated health co-benefits, the value of resilient health systems, and the sector’s contribution to an inclusive, evidence-based transition.

The program will feature case studies followed by moderated discussions to identify key insights, lessons learned, and practical recommendations. The event aims to foster focused exchange among participants and to deliver clear, actionable messages to inform the conference.

28 April

Date: 29 April 2026
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 (Santa Marta) / 17:00 - 19:00 (CEST) / 23:00 -01:00 (Thailand, GMT+7)  
Location: Auditorio Roque Morelli, Universidad del Magdalena ( in presence) and ZOOM (online)
Organiser: Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet on Just Fossil Fuel Transitions

Join in presence or online this forum of discussion on the urgency of just energy transition, analyzing the fossil fuels’ phase-out from a situated perspective. Taking the Amazon and the Arctic as iconic regions of transformation, the dialogue transcends the local to explore "Yasunization" as a global phenomenon of social mobilization generated by a multitude of grassroots initiatives. The role of geovisualization tools in mapping the multitudes and narratives driving this change is explored. Through a panel of researchers and activists, the tensions between extractive policies and community-based alternatives will be discussed, highlighting how visual data can strengthen political advocacy and environmental justice in diverse territories that are shaping these transitions. The forum contributes to the feedback process for the "Atlas of a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels" and the "Dictionary of Climate Justice Practices for the Fossil Fuel Transition." 

29 April

Date: Friday 24 April 2026
Time: 8:00 AM
Location: Santa Marta, Colombia · Antonio Nariño University Auditorium. Carrera 49 #30-94, Troncal del Caribe

On 24 April, whilst the world gathers in Santa Marta to consider the end of the fossil fuel era, the Fracking-Free Colombia Alliance invites the press to the first meeting with Yuvelis Morales Blanco, recently awarded the 2026 Goldman Prize —known as the “Environmental Nobel”— for her leadership in defending the Magdalena River against the arrival of commercial fracking in Colombia.

24 April

Date: Viernes 24 de Abril
Time: 16h - 17h30 (Península, CEST); 9h - 10h30 (Colombia)
Organisers: Alianza por el Clima X Research & Degrowth

Una transición justa que deje los fósiles en el suelo solo es posible asegurando de forma universal los medios de vida y generando nuevas instituciones democráticas para el poder popular. Sobre esto y sobre la importancia de un Tratado sobre combustibles fósiles como marco global estaremos hablando en el webinar co-organizado por Research & Degrowth y Alianza por el Clima durante el primer día de la Cumbre de los Pueblos y Conferencia de Santa Marta. 

Si quieres saber mas sobre el informe de R&Di "Hacia una transición ecosocial justa en el Estado español: Nuevas herramientas institucionales para el poder popular" 

En este webinar internacional organizado por Research & Degrowth y Alianza por el Clima daremos apoyo a la propuesta de un Tratado sobre Combustibles Fósiles en el marco de la Cumbre de los Pueblos y Conferencia de Santa Marta. La propuesta se presentará junto otras dos propuestas que Research & Degrowth ha hecho llegar en el proceso de consulta a sociedad civil de la Conferencia de Santa Marta: La garantía de empleo público y la renta básica de cuidados. Estas políticas sociales, al asegurar de forma universal los medios de vida y generar nuevas formas de organización económica, son concebidas como herramientas clave para hacer posible una transición rápida y justa de los combustibles fósiles. Ambas son situadas en el caso del Estado Español, explicando su complementariedad y eficacia como parte de un paquete de políticas públicas para acabar con la economía fósil y poner en marcha una transición ecosocial justa.

Programa -

16:00 – 16:10 Presentación - Federico Arcuri (Research & Degrowth International, moderación)

16:10 – 16:35 Hacia un Tratado sobre combustibles fósiles y una hoja de ruta para la transición justa – Sofía Fernández, Philippine Ménager y Laura Reboul (Alianza por el Clima)

16:35 – 17:00 Herramientas para dejar bajo tierra los fósiles - Ana Díaz Vidal y Hugo Abad (Research & Degrowth International): La garantía de empleo público y la renta básica de cuidados. Aplicación al caso del Estado Español. - 17:00 – 17:30 Preguntas y respuestas con el público

24 April

Date: April 28, 2026 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (GMT-5)
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (GMT-5)
Location:  Auditorio Julio Otero, Unimagdalena — Santa Marta, Colombia
Organisers: CEFD, CeFIS, Centro de Finanças Sustenáveis, Instituto Transiçāo Energética, Fórum de Fundos Soberanos Brasileiros, Rebrip

This session will address how fossil fuels producing countries can finance their energy transition, gathering experts and leaders to explore financing architectures, financial instruments and governance frameworks for a just transition.

Panelists: 
- Ali Nasrallah — Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
- Nicolas Lippolis — Center for Energy, Finance and Development
- Leandro Ferreira — Brazilian Sovereign Wealth Funds Forum
- Jessica Arias — Polen Transiciones Justas
-Moderator: Luísa B. Bianchet (Instituto E+ Transição Energética)

Session conducted in English

28 April

Date: 25 April 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Courtyard By Marriott Santa Marta Resort
Organisers: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, CENSAT Agua Viva, Milieu Defensie, LSE, OXFAM, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Centroamérica, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Bogotá, LaRutadelClima

Did you know that climate action is also a legal obligation? In “From the Courts to Action,” we’ll discuss how to move from court decisions to real changes in people’s lives.

A space to learn, question, and build solutions together.

25 April