Op Ed

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Op Ed

Time for mining to deliver on zero casualty policy

Reflecting on Brazil's recent technical disaster, Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for DRR, writes in this op-ed that the fatalities and extreme environmental damage associated with tailings dam failures are avoidable. Inadequate risk governance is a key risk driver, and the mining industry must establish a zero casualty policy.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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