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Guided by these declarations and lessons learned from its climate Inquiry, the
Commission encourages its fellow NHRIs to:
1. Continuously engage with climate scientists and other experts in
the field to keep abreast of the best available science on climate
change, event attribution, as well as technological developments
related thereto;
2. Collaborate with other NHRIs and engage in regional and
international mechanisms to monitor government and business
compliance with their duties and responsibilities when dealing
with climate-related transboundary harms and cross-border
human rights violations;
3. Ensure that climate change actions, including monitoring,
investigations, decisions and legislation are participatory,
transparent and accountable;
4. Contribute to the development of laws and legal frameworks
on the intersection of human rights, climate change and
business enterprises through monitoring, research, case studies,
investigation, decision on cases and other activities within their
mandates;
5. Pursue meaningful collaboration with government actors and
encourage them to understand and integrate human rights
obligations in national climate action policies by advising them
on human rights-based approaches to climate mitigation and
adaptation, through the integration of the different international
climate agreements, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the
adherence to the Geneva Pledge to promote and respect human
rights in climate action;
6. Actively dialogue with the business sector and work for the
development of normative frameworks that will embed the respect
for human rights in the obligations of businesses–such as the
conduct of environmental and human rights impact assessments
and due diligence across all phases of their operations, as well as
providing remedies in case of violations;
7. Increase monitoring and reporting on government’s compliance
with business, human rights and climate change obligations and
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