A new report from the International Resources Panel (IRP) discusses practical actions to improve the international governance architecture for mining to enhance its contribution towards sustainable development. The report calls for a new governance framework for the extractive sector referred to as the "Sustainable Development Licence to Operate" and includes consensus-based principles, policy options and best practices that are compatible with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and other international policy commitments.
United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme Fourth session, Nairobi, 11–15 March 2019.
The 2019 OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forum explored the role of policy, trade, responsible business and innovation for improving the environmental performance of the mining sector and minerals industries while maximizing local benefits including job creation and new business opportunities. Join the GGKP on 5 December 2019 (3:00–4:30pm CET) the GGKP for a debrief of the 2019 GGSD Forum with GGSD panelists and participants from government, industry and the scientific community.
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In view of the welcome progress, persistent challenges, and the still yet to be realised opportunities of artisanal and small-scale mining and quarrying (ASM), The multi-stakeholder global participants of the International Conference on Artisanal and Small-scale Mining and Quarrying reaffirm the
Acknowledging community concerns over the impact of tailings dam failures, such as at Mount Polley and Samarco, this report seeks to examine and explain why tailings dam failures continue to occur.