Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, who took office in August, has pledged to prioritize fighting climate change and promoting renewable energy over fossil fuels. As part of the new government's push towards a low-carbon economy and to meet its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement - including reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 - it recently announced it would not award any new oil exploration contracts or build new large-scale open pit coal mines.