‘Alternative COP’ must drive real, cooperative change in climate action

You have full access to this article via your institution. Colombia’s environment minister Irene Vélez Torres (left) with her Netherlands counterpart Stientje van Veldhoven in Santa Marta, Colombia. Credit: Ivan Valencia/AP Photo/Alamy An important international climate-change initiative was launched last week: more than 50 countries gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. …