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🇨🇴 Colombia's leadership for a world free of fossil fuels and for a just energy transition is important at the national, regional and global levels. The recent commitment of the Ministry of the Environment is an important signal for the region and the world.
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At the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, @susanamuhamad, defended that there should be limits to the exploitation of #oil and #gas 👇

@susanamuhamad said that "to reduce emissions on the scale we need and to have a just energy transition, it is necessary to stop the proliferation of fossil fuels, especially oil and gas exploration in climate pillars such as the Arctic and the Amazon."

@susanamuhamad: “If we keep pushing for more oil and gas development, we're not going to reduce emissions at the rate we need. If we want to get serious about the energy transition, we must put limits to the proliferation of fossil fuels.”

The Minister proposed consolidating multilateral cooperation for climate action in the region ahead of COP28. “We are going to count losses and damages permanently if we do not create a serious mitigation path to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.”

@susanamuhamad also insisted that a percentage of the external debt be invested in climate action. “@petrogustavo is proposing a multilateral agreement for the most vulnerable countries that are permanently paying for the climate crisis and can no longer go into debt.”