Santa Marta Pre-Conference | Learning Lessons from Existing Transition Plans

Countries are under growing pressure to move away from fossil fuels, but many still lack practical guidance on how to design transition plans that are credible, inclusive, and implementable. While a number of national and sectoral transition processes are already underway, experience remains fragmented across regions and institutions. Key questions persist around how to structure decision-making, mobilize finance, manage the phase-out of fossil fuel infrastructure, and ensure that transition planning reflects national circumstances while remaining just and effective.

The first session organized as part of the Transition Plans for a 1.5°C-Aligned and Just, Orderly and Equitable Transition Away from Fossil Fuels at the National and International Level workstream, this session will draw on examples from Germany’s coal transition, Just Energy Transition Partnerships in South Africa and Indonesia, Brazil’s national roadmap process, and emerging opportunities for South-South cooperation. It will identify the most transferable lessons for roadmap development, with a particular focus on the needs of Global South countries and provide practical insights on institutional design, financing, plant and mine closure, land restoration, and exchange models that can strengthen future transition roadmaps.

Agenda

Welcome and Housekeeping

Interventions on Lessons Learned from Existing Transition Plans

Pao-Yu Oei, Professor, Sustainable Energy Transition, Europa-Universität Flensburg

Jesse Burton, Senior Associate, E3G

Giovanni Maurice Pradipta, Policy Advisor, Germanwatch

Nicholas Lippolis, Founder and Executive Director, Centre for Energy Finance and Development

Felipe Corral, Director General - Colombia, Midsummer

Break

Fishbowl Discussion on Transferable Lessons

Next Steps