Human rights must be a core issue at the 2nd Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference (fidh.org)

13 August 2026. To: The Hon. Maina Talia, Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment; and The Hon. Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy, Ireland Dear Minister Dr Talia, Dear Minister O’Brien, We, the undersigned organisations, warmly congratulate Tuvalu and Ireland on agreeing to co-host the second Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Conference in Tuvalu. We wish you every success in advancing this important global process. As organisations committed to the protection and promotion of human rights, we were encouraged to see that the Report on the 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels lays a good foundation for integrating international human rights law into efforts to transition away from fossil fuels. We particularly welcome Action Point 6, which recognises the importance of a rights-based, territorially grounded approach that relies on locally led solutions for a just transition. We also appreciate the report’s emphasis on human rights throughout its proposed pathways: – Pathway 1 rightly identifies implementation as the central focus and recognises that effective implementation must guarantee the protection of human rights. – Pathway 2 highlights the importance of international cooperation that upholds human rights standards while accelerating global progress and fostering policy coherence. –...