The Synthesis of National Governments' Positions on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels has been released by the co-hosts, Colombia and the Netherlands.
The synthesis brings together written inputs from national and subnational governments ahead of the conference, complemented by insights from the in-person diplomatic preparatory retreat held in Chantilly, France on 19–20 March, 2026.
The formal input from nation states identified that a key barrier to the transition was the “absence of a binding international framework governing fossil fuel production and phase-out"
It has identified a number of key enablers of the transition, including:
- “International agreements and policy frameworks supporting energy efficiency and the transition away from fossil fuels”
- “A binding fossil fuel treaty that could establish commitments to phase out fossil fuels and end new licensing; create cooperative mechanisms, including a buyers-sellers partnership, a debt resolution facility, and scaled-up public finance; redirect financial flows away from fossil fuels; and provide finance and technical support for national phase-out and just transition plans in complement to the Paris Agreement.”
The synthesis report has been released alongside a number of sectoral consultation synthesis reports informed by thousands of written submissions, dozens of virtual dialogues, and a number of in-person sectoral dialogues here in Santa Marta. 75% of sectors consulted in the Santa Marta Conference have called for negotiation of an international framework to manage fossil fuel production, including academics, social movements, NGOs, the private sector, women and diversities, children and youth, trade unions, parliamentarians and subnational governments.
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