Africa’s Great Green Wall to miss 2030 deadline

Launched in 2007, the project to reinstate 100 million ha of land is only 30% complete. — Reuters

LONDON: Africa’s Great Green Wall, which is meant to restore degraded landscapes and boost economies across the continent, is low on cash and unlikely to meet a 2030 completion goal, the president of the most recent UN summit on desertification says.

Launched in 2007, the project to reinstate 100 million ha of land is only 30% complete, said Alain Richard Donwahi, president of the 2022 UN summit held in the Ivory Coast, who has access to the analysis of how it is progressing.