He will replace Irene Vélez Torres, who co-chairs the Santa Marta coalition. The soon to be environment minister Fabio Arjona said the Santa Marta conference was an "absolute waste of time and money". The soon to be environment minister Fabio Arjona said the Santa Marta conference was an "absolute waste of time and money". Priorities: roadmaps, debt and tradeAfter meeting in Santa Marta to kickstart work on phasing out fossil fuels, governments agreed to focus on three priorities: developing national roadmaps to phase out fossil fuels, decoupling trade from coal, oil and gas, and reducing global finance's dependence on fossil fuels. Colombia not only leads the Santa Marta coalition, but is also one of the few fossil fuel producers in the group to actually halt new exploration licenses.