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FILE - A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, carry fertilizer to reforest an area destroyed by illegal mining, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

FILE - A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, carry fertilizer to reforest an area destroyed by illegal mining, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

Susana Muhamad, environment minister of Colombia, speaks to The Associated press at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Susana Muhamad, environment minister of Colombia, speaks to The Associated press at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Susana Muhamad, environment minister of Colombia, speaks to The Associated press at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Susana Muhamad, environment minister of Colombia, speaks to The Associated press at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

FILE - Smoke rises from a fire burning on the slopes of the mountains surrounding Nemocon, north of Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

FILE - Smoke rises from a fire burning on the slopes of the mountains surrounding Nemocon, north of Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

Susana Muhamad, environment minister of Colombia, speaks during a session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Susana Muhamad, environment minister of Colombia, speaks during a session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)