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This report aims to be the starting point from which a productive global conversation on sand extraction can begin.

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. It provides an accessible and balanced description of the complexities surrounding tailings dam failures, informing the global community of the issues. Sixteen years on from the 2001 International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) “Tailings Dams: Risk of Dangerous Occurrences” report, it gives an update on the status of reforms and provides momentum and direction for advancing the shared ambition of eliminating tailings dam failures. It also provides an overview of the key issues, using case studies to illustrate causes and consequences of tailings dam failures, the progress of reform and the need for a coordinated stakeholder response. 

Carbon Tracker has been writing for many years about which areas are most at risk from the energy transition. They have focused on different areas of supply and demand for existing and new assets, over separate timescales, and the conclusions of that analysis are incorporated into this report.

This report discusses how private finance can be harnessed to support and protect nature through the EU Green Deal.

This report illustrates how companies can implement the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact throughout their supply chains and integrate sustainability into procurement strategies.