The Colombian president, Iván Duque Márquez, portrayed a Colombia that is focusing its development on the climate transition, that is able to host 1.8 million Venezuelan refugees, and that defends the right of nations to choose their alliances in full sovereignty, on Tuesday 15 February at the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg.
Although it emits only 0.6% of greenhouse gas emissions, Colombia’s ambition is to achieve “climate neutrality by 2050” and, to do so, will reduce...