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Today at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial Meeting, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres declared that we have reached the age of clean energy. He also called for a "dedicated global platform for honest dialogue on transitioning away from fossil fuels" to advance the global energy transition. This is timely as Brazil launched a fossil fuel transition roadmap process at COP30, and Colombia and the Netherlands are hosting the first conference on transition away from fossil fuels in Santa Marta in April. While global just transition discussions are advancing, offshore fossil fuels remain largely absent from these frameworks. The vast majority of new oil and gas extraction projects are in the ocean, with roughly 70% of new discoveries and developments moving into deeper, high-risk waters globally. It is time to explicitly frame the offshore oil & gas phase-out as a core transition issue in the global discussions on fossil fuel phase-out. At Ocean Conservancy, we are working with partners to do just that. Reach out if you want to collaborate. #CleanEnergy #FossilfreeOcean #OceanClimateAction #OceanBreakthroughs #offshorerenewables
We have entered the age of clean energy. Renewables are now the cheapest, fastest and safest source of new electricity almost everywhere. Investors know it: last year, two trillion US dollars flowed into clean energy – nearly twice as much as into fossil fuels. Yet some fossil fuel interests remain hell-bent on slowing progress. The world’s addiction to fossil fuels is one of the greatest threats to global stability and prosperity. We face a choice: Design the transition together – or stumble into it through crisis and chaos. That’s why I am calling for a dedicated global platform to deliver a global transition plan away from fossil fuels. This platform must bring together producers and consumers, developed and developing countries, public and private financial institutions and civil society. The shift to renewable energy must be fair, orderly, affordable, and aligned with 1.5°C – protecting workers and communities, and connecting hundreds of millions of people to modern energy services. Together, let’s make the clean energy transition fair, affordable & unstoppable.