May 13, 2026 1:00 PM ET
Join us to debrief the historic Santa Marta Conference, the first implementation-focused conference to support practical action by those already prepared to accelerate a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels and to generate shared understanding and actionable guidance that can help.
The Conference, announced at COP 30 in Brazil, and co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands from April 25 to 29, 2026 in the Colombian port city of Santa Marta aims to work with national and subnational governments, civil society, Indigenous communities and the private sector to develop joint action plans in three thematic areas: Overcoming economic dependence, Transforming supply and demand, and Advancing international cooperation and multilateralism.
Our discussion will centre on how Canada, as both a petro-state and a country seeking a sustainable energy future, should support the Santa Marta conference and be represented there at the highest official level. Among the countries that will participate in the meeting are Australia and Mexico, both major oil producers, as well as European nations and small island states.
Our speaker, Tzeporah Berman has been designing and winning campaigns in Canada and internationally for 30 years. She is currently the International Program Director at Stand.Earth and the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. She is the former co-director of Greenpeace International’s Climate and Energy Program and Co-founder of ForestEthics. In 2019, Tzeporah received the Climate Breakthrough Project Award. In 2016, Tzeporah was appointed by the Alberta Government to Co-Chair the Oil Sands Advisory Working Group tasked with making recommendations to implement climate change and cumulative impact policies and was listed as one of the 35 Most Influential Women in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine. In 2015, she was awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in British Columbia and, in 2013, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia. She is also the author of This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge. In 2021 Tzeporah gave a widely-viewed TED Talk presenting the case for a global treaty to phase out fossil fuels.
The discussion will be moderated by Susan Tanner, Vice Chair, Group of 78 and Chair of its Climate Change and Environment Working Group and co-moderated by Leah Darbyson, Executive Committee Member and Master’s student at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs where she specializes in Health, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy.