Part II guidance Notes Pillar I – Laws, Policies, and Institutions
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MPF Part II Guidance Notes - For Ratification (1)
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Objectives
• To ensure good international practices are applied to every aspect of environmental management. • To set standards for mining to protect the environment. • To ensure the potential effects of mining operations on air, water, land, and biodiversity are assessed and mitigated through proper management. • To ensure mine emergency preparedness and response plans are in place. • To monitor and enforce compliance with laws governing environmental management, including through transparency. 20 Scope of Application This Pillar is applicable to: • Large- and medium-scale mining; exceptionally applies to ASM. • Metallic and non-metallic mining. • The entire life cycle of the mine from prospection, exploration, exploitation, all the way to mine closure, post-mining transition, and post-closure. Guidance to Implement Pillar IV – Environmental Management MPF recommendations Guidance 4.1 Air and Noise 4.1.1 Adopt standards for controlling and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet national commitments to international climate change goals. • Government should enact legislation that requires mines to operate within greenhouse gas emissions limits and to report on their compliance. Such legislation should be in accordance with national and international commitments national and regional legal frameworks, as appropriate, and should follow guidance provided by the Paris Agreement, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Where no national commitments exist, governments should follow good international practices. 4.1.2 Adopt standards for air quality and noise, to protect people and the environment. • Government should put in place air quality and noise guidelines for mining entities to protect workers, surrounding communities, and the environment, e.g., the IFC’s Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for Mining (2007). 4.1.3 a Require mining entities to minimize contributions to climate change by improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to report on results. • Government should standardize greenhouse gas emission calculations and reporting requirements such as the TCFD’s Guidance on Metrics, Targets, and Transition Plans. • As part of the environmental assessment process, government should require mining entities to estimate greenhouse gas emissions and implement mitigation and management measures to minimize emissions. In doing so, they can adopt renewable and sustainable energy sources. Mining entities should follow guidance provided by industry organizations such as the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) in its 2019 guidance Adapting to a changing climate: Building resilience in the mining and metals industry and the Mining Association of Canada’s (MAC) Towards Sustainable Mining – Protocols & Frameworks . • Government should require mining entities to consider climate change risks on the mining project and implement measures to manage the risk. 4.1.3.b Require mining entities to manage noise and other airborne emissions, to protect people and the environment. • As part of the environmental assessment process, government should require mining entities to assess and implement mitigation measures to minimize noise and airborne emissions such as, but not limited to, dust, particulate matter, and sulphur dioxide. • Government should require mining entities to prepare and implement plans to manage impacts of noise and airborne emissions. In keeping with the commitment of the IGF members to ensure that mining activities within their jurisdiction are compatible with the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), implementation of Pillar IV’s recommendations advance the following SDGs: • SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) by helping reduce pollution, eliminate dumping, minimize the release of hazardous chemicals and materials, reduce untreated wastewater, and by enhancing transboundary cooperation, by managing water holistically and monitoring its quality. • SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) by requiring the improvement energy efficiency in mine operations. • SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) by planning land use carefully, mindful of protected areas and heritage sites. • SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) by reducing waste through requiring accountability for the design, construction, operation, and management of mine waste facilities; ensuring mine waste facilities are managed and monitored throughout the life of the mine and after mine closure, and by requiring mining entities to have an emergency preparedness and response program. • SDG 13 (Climate Change) by supporting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through setting targets and reporting requirements for mining activities. • SDG 14 (Life Below Water) by acting to avoid or minimize impacts to life under water, refraining from disposal of tailings/waste and by requiring mining entities to apply the mitigation hierarchy. • SDG 15 (Life on Land) by halting loss of biodiversity and integrating ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, and poverty reduction strategies. • SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) by promoting that emergency plans and responses are planned together with communities and local governments. |
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