The Untapped Potential of Great Green Wall Voluntary Carbon Market Projects 2024

Contributors Acknowledgements The World Economic Forum would like to thank Mark and Lynn Benioff for their support of 1t.org. Tree Aid would like to thank Montpelier and Hampshire Foundations for their generous support for the development of this study. The World Economic Forum and Tree Aid would like to acknowledge the valuable contribution of partners and the 1t.org Sahel/GGW Steering Committee in the development of this document. In addition, thanks go to the 1t.org corporate pledgers, some of whom shared feedback on their motivations for supporting voluntary carbon markets and how they manage risk, which helped identify the challenges discussed in this report. The World Economic Forum and Tree Aid would also like to extend their gratitude to the following individuals for contributing box content and data inputs, as well as reviewing and validating the findings of this report. The paper does not necessarily reflect the views of these individuals and/or their companies. Expert advice is purely consultative in nature and does not imply any association with the takeaways or conclusions presented within this paper. Gilles Amadou Programme Management Officer, Great Green Wall Accelerator, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)Maria Eugenia Co-Founder, Abatable Mana Faroughi Climate and Environment Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Government of the United Kingdom Rekia Foudel Founder and Managing Partner, Barka Fund Houda Ghazi Project Manager, International Program, OCP Foundation Meriam Hamdi Project Manager, International Program, OCP Foundation Marc Height Content Manager, Abatable Will Higgins Programme Manager, Barka Fund Rebecca Iwerks Co-Director, Land and Environmental Justice Initiative, Namati Tom King Head of Carbon Solutions, AbatableWorld Economic Forum Tillem Burlace Regional Lead, 1t.org, Europe/Africa Christine Livet, Associate Principal, Natural Capital, CrossBoundary Group Ian Ndegwa, Natural Capital, CrossBoundary Group Nicole Schwab Co-Head, Nature Positive Pillar; Member of the Executive Committee; World Economic Forum Florian Vernaz Head, 1t.orgTree Aid Tom Aindow Data Analyst Matthew Ashpole Forest Carbon Analyst Pietro Carpena Head of Programme Quality & Advocacy Rabeca Lauriciano Advocacy Advisor Tom Skirrow Chief Executive Officer, Tree Aid The Untapped Potential of Great Green Wall Voluntary Carbon Market Projects 26