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Low-carbon technologies: An impending threat to forests

Published: February 17, 2021

In November 2020, the NYDF Assessment Partners published the Goal 3 and 4 Progress Report, Balancing forests and development: Addressing infrastructure and extractive industries, promoting sustainable livelihoods. Following the report, this briefing paper explores the impending threats to forests from the global transition to low-carbon technologies and associated increase in mining.

The paper was developed by the NYDF Assessment Partners in collabroation with CDP.

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