Almost sixty countries are convening in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a groundbreaking conference. The goal is to accelerate the global phase-out of fossil fuels, sidestepping the current stalemate at international climate talks.

Some 60 countries are gathering in the coastal city of Santa Marta in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked UN climate talks: how to exist fossil fuels. It's the first global conference of its kind, bringing together nations that want to accelerate a fossil fuel phaseout, despite a decades-long stalemate at the UN-level COP summits. Our Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe tells us more.