The global sand crisis: it’s being used up faster than it can be replaced
Read the full story in The Guardian. See also: UNEP. (2026). Sand and sustainability: An essential resource for nature and development. GRID-Geneva, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Around the world, urban…
Read the full story in The Guardian. See also: UNEP. (2026). Sand and sustainability: An essential resource for nature and development. GRID-Geneva, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Around the world, urban development and industry is using sand at a rate of 50bn tonnes a year, a figure that is expected to grow. But a new UN report warns that sand is being extracted faster than it can be replenished, and that this is threatening livelihoods, ecosystems and the very structure of the natural world.