SANTA MARTA: France on Tuesday (Apr 28) announced a "first of its kind" plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels . The "roadmap" was published as dozens of nations gather in Santa Marta, Colombia for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels. France's roadmap does not present new pledges but brings existing climate and energy policies and targets under one