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Green structural transformation

Paul Akiwumi, director of the Africa, least developed countries and special programmes division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, explains the present challenges of the low-carbon transition to sustainable development in the world’s most vulnerable developing countries.

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Palmer, L. Green structural transformation. Nat Sustain 6, 877–878 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01141-5

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