Sailing for a Binding Fossil Fuel Treaty and a Just Transition.

In April of 2026, we will sail across the Caribbean — from St. Maarten to Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, and onward to Santa Marta, Colombia — to demand a fossil-free future grounded in justice.

The Climate Justice Flotilla is a peaceful, wind-powered civil society endeavour exposing the colonial roots of fossil fuel extraction in the Caribbean and advancing urgent political demands:

For centuries, the Caribbean has been treated as a corridor of extraction — from colonial trade routes to today’s oil terminals and coal exports. In La Guajira, Colombia, the largest open-pit coal mine in the southern hemisphere continues to fuel global markets, while frontline communities face water scarcity, pollution, and displacement.

We sail to expose these connections.

Our route begins in St. Maarten and continues to Bonaire — where residents, with support from Greenpeace, won a landmark climate case holding the Dutch government accountable for failing to protect the island from climate impacts. From there, we sail to Curaçao and Aruba, hosting public forums, community dialogues, and media actions before arriving in Santa Marta for the first International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels (24-29 April).

This flotilla is not symbolic. It is strategic.

We recognize Colombia’s leadership in convening this historic conference and the Netherlands’ long engagement in international climate diplomacy. Our mission is to reinforce this process from the water — peacefully, visibly, and collectively — pushing for ambitious, science-aligned and justice-based outcomes.

We envision a fossil-free world grounded in reciprocity and care, where seas connect peoples in solidarity rather than exploitation.

But to make this voyage possible, we need your support.

Your donation will help cover:

This is a movement-led intervention — powered by wind, solidarity, and people like you.

The sea routes that once carried colonial extraction can become routes of resistance and regeneration.

Sail with us. Fund the Climate Justice Flotilla.