The First conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels sent a strong political signal that the age of fossil fuels must end; this “coalition of the doers” must now turn their commitment into proactive international cooperation to pave the way for rights-based just transitions, Amnesty International said today after the end of the Santa Marta conference yesterday.  Jointly convened by the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands, the conference brought together representatives from 57 fossil fuel producing and consuming countries, alongside parliamentarians, academics, trade unions, civil society organisations, and representatives of Indigenous Peoples, Afro‑descendant communities, children and youth movements and peasant communities, among others.…