1t.org supports Africa’s Great Green Wall Initiative, a bold vision to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land across the continent…
Sahel overview
Why the Sahel / Great Green Wall
Africa’s Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, led by the African Union Commission, is a bold vision to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land across the continent by 2030. In a region highly vulnerable to climate change, grappling with drought, resource scarcity, conflict and migration, at-scale landscape restoration is urgent to counter desertification and ensure livelihoods for a population largely dependent on agriculture.
Our Focus
1t.org is committed to supporting the restoration goal of the Great Green Wall with an initial focus on the Sahel region. As an action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform, 1t.org’s engagement centers around facilitating connectivity among critical stakeholders, supporting ecopreneurship and innovation, shining a spotlight on examples of successful landscape restoration in the region, and mobilizing the private sector for impact-driven partnerships.
Sahel Report
The Untapped Potential of Great Green Wall Voluntary Carbon Market Projects: Unlocking Opportunities for Sahelian Communities
Situated on the frontline of climate change and desertification, the Sahel is one of the regions most affected by extreme heat, land degradation and disrupted weather patterns. However, Sahelian countries also offer an opportunity for the private sector to invest in voluntary carbon market (VCM) projects that can leverage the capacities of local land custodians and accelerate impact on-the-ground for communities who need it most.
Explore the reportThe Untapped Potential of Great Green Wall Value Chains
Explore the opportunity to leverage markets for commercially viable restoration that can help unlock the potential of tree crop value chains in the Sahel’s Great Green Wall. This report provides insights on how multistakeholder partnerships can support systemic value chain development to deliver environmental, social and economic benefits for the Great Green Wall.
The report is also available in French here.
Explore the reportThis partnership is growing Africa’s Great Green Wall
This partnership is growing Africa’s Great Green Wall
Sahel: How we work
How we work
The 1t.org Regional Programme for the Sahel and Great Green Wall is co-led by 1t.org and SOS SAHEL, an international non-governmental organization founded in Senegal in 1976. SOS SAHEL has 45 years of experience in the field and operations in 11 countries across the Sahel, bringing together a network of over 1,000 actors from varied and complementary backgrounds.
To learn more about our work in the Sahel: