The most pressing issue for African leaders will be to ensure their interests are represented in the new fund to compensate countries for climate change, The shape of the new loss and damage fund is likely to dominate the agenda of African leaders as the COP28 climate change summit opens in Dubai on 30 November.
Launched in 2007, the Great Green Wall Initiative was meant to restore more than 100m of degraded land and sequester 250m tons of carbon in 20 countries.
August 4, 2021
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How an ‘Olympic Forest’ can help speed up Africa’s Great Green Wall
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Author: Tom Skirrow, CEO, TreeAid & Marie Sallois, Director of Corporate and Sustainable Development, International Olympic Committee
The Great Green Wall is an African-led initiative which aims to grow a mosaic of trees, vegetation and fertile land across the Sahel by 2030.
The Olympic Forest project, a partnership between the IOC and charity Tree Aid, is working with local communities to regenerate and sustainably manage forests.