The Great Green Wall was pitched in 2007 as an 8,000-kilometre tree barrier — but 15 years in, only about 4% of the trees are actually in the ground

The Great Green Wall was launched in 2007 as an 8,000-kilometre corridor of trees across the Sahel. Fifteen years and billions in pledges later, only about 4% of the trees are actually in the ground — and the story of what happened to the rest is a case study in the gap between climate pledge and climate delivery. The post The Great Green Wall was pitched in 2007 as an 8,000-kilometre tree barrier — but 15 years in, only about 4% of the trees are actually in the ground appeared first on Space Da