Will COP30 Reenergize Nigeria’s Great Green Wall Project? By Promise Eze Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria. In 2017, 45-year-old Jabiru Muhammed could hardly contain his excitement when the village head of Batu in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria, announced that their community would work with officials from the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) to plant trees across a large stretch of land in the village. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/will-cop30-reenergize-to-nigerias-great-green-wall-project/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The_Biggest_Single_Contributor_to_the_UN_Budget_is_also_the_Biggest_Single_Defaulter_As_Civil_Societ Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.