The International Committee on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has launched three publications in conjunction with the climate change program at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa:

• InBrief: Competiveness implications for mining and metals addresses the challenges the industry faces in responding to national carbon pricing policies
• InBrief: The role of mining and metals in land use and adaptation focuses on the role of mining and metals companies in sustainable land and water management
• InBrief: Measurement, reporting and verification and the mining and metal industry analyses the currently decentralized MRV system and likely future ‘patchwork’ of different national, regional and sub-sector specific rules that affect the mining and metals industry.