Sixty nations agree to landmark climate accord

Nearly 60 nations this week moved toward phasing out oil, gas, and coal, in a climate summit that aimed to accelerate a global shift toward renewables.

The countries agreed to set “ roadmaps ” for weaning off fossil fuels. “This may be the first multilateral meeting that I find not frustrating,” the Colombian environment minister said.

The meeting happened amid a global energy crisis that has pushed up prices for fossil fuels and nudged some leaders and consumers toward renewable alternatives. But several of the world’s largest emitters , including the US and China — as well as major oil producers like Saudi Arabia and Russia — weren’t represented at the gathering in Colombia, where participating nations made up 30% of global GDP.