India, April 30 -- A coalition of 57 countries representing roughly one-third of global GDP has agreed on an action-oriented roadmap to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, marking a shift from target-setting to implementation following commitments made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement.

The outcomes, released at the end of the first global conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels (TAFF) co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands between April 24 and 29, 2026, underline that while momentum is building, with renewable energy capacity in 2025 nearly 50 per cent higher than in 2023, structural economic and financial barriers continue to slow progress. Fossi...