The Great Green Wall initiative aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land across the Sahel. By planting a corridor of vegetation, 22 African nations seek to halt the Sahara Desert's expansion, create millions of green jobs, and sequester 250 million tons of carbon by 2030. Despite raising over 14 billion dollars, progress has been modest. The project now utilizes the Great Green Wall Accelerator to improve tracking and cooperation, focusing on integrated landscape management to ensure food security and biodiversity recovery in a region highly vulnerable to climate change.
