‘Historic breakthrough’: could the fossil fuel era be coming to an end? – podcast
Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, with Jonathan Watts, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer was Ellie Bury
The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil fuels era to an end. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, about how the landmark conference came about, who was missing, and whether the optimism can translate into real world action Could Santa Marta climate talks mark ground zero in push to ditch fossil f