The project will see a 4,722-mile green wall that will aim to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land, capture around 250 million tonnes of carbon by 2030, and create roughly 10 million jobs.
About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...