A 'coalition of the willing' to urge the world to drop fossil fuels

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Jun 2, 202633:54Science & Medicine

A group of 57 nations mostly from the Global South, describing themselves as "coalition of the willing" intent on making the Transition Away From Fossil Fuels, or TAFF, convened in the Colombian city of Santa Marta, from...

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