The Great Green Wall, also called the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel (French: Grande Muraille Verte pour le Sahara et le Sahel; Arabic: السور الأخضر العظيم), is a project started by the African Union in 2007. It was first created to stop the Sahara Desert from spreading into the Sahel region by planting a long line of trees from Djibouti City, Djibouti, to Dakar, Senegal. The original plan was for the wall to be 15 kilometers wide and 7,775 kilometers long.
The Great Green Wall, also called the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel (in French: Grande Muraille Verte pour le Sahara et le Sahel; in Arabic: السور الأخضر العظيم), is a project started by the African Union in 2007. Its first goal was to stop desertification in the Sahel region and slow the spread of the Sahara Desert. This was done by planting a line of trees stretching across the Sahel from Djibouti City, Djibouti, to Dakar, Senegal.
The Shield of the Americas is a group of countries working together on military and security issues. U.S. President Donald Trump created this group on March 7, 2026, during a meeting with leaders from countries in the Western Hemisphere.
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) is a partnership involving African countries, donors, businesses, technical groups, and local communities. Its goal is to restore over 100 million hectares of land in Africa by 2030. This effort aims to improve food security, help reduce poverty, and lessen the effects of climate change in the region.
The Bonn Challenge is a worldwide plan to restore 150 million hectares of damaged or lost forests and lands by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. It was started by Germany and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Bonn on September 2, 2011. This effort works with the Global Partnership on Forest/Landscape Restoration and aims to meet goals from the Rio Conventions and other results of the 1992 Earth Summit.
Trees for the Future (TREES) is an American nonprofit group that works on combining trees with farming practices and using land in a way that protects the environment and helps people.
A climate apocalypse is a term that describes a possible future situation where human society around the world might fall apart because of climate change. This could happen if several connected problems occur at the same time, such as food shortages, very severe weather, wars, and the spread of diseases. Other terms that are sometimes used to describe similar ideas include climate dystopia, collapse, endgame, and catastrophe.
Fridays for Future (FFF), also known as the School Strike for Climate (Swedish: Skolstrejk för klimatet [ˈskûːlstrɛjk fœr klɪˈmɑ̌ːtɛt]), is a worldwide group of students who skip Friday classes to join protests. These protests ask political leaders to take action against climate change and urge the fossil fuel industry to switch to renewable energy. The movement gained attention after a Swedish student named Greta Thunberg held a protest outside the Swedish parliament, Riksdag, in August 2018.
Fridays for Future (FFF), also called the School Strike for Climate (Swedish: Skolstrejk för klimatet [ˈskûːlstrɛjk fœr klɪˈmɑ̌ːtɛt]), is a global group of students who miss Friday classes to join protests. These protests ask political leaders to take action to stop climate change and urge companies that use fossil fuels to switch to renewable energy. The movement began when a Swedish student named Greta Thunberg held a protest outside the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, in August 2018.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a global environmental movement started in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to use peaceful protests and actions that break laws to encourage governments to act on climate change, protect nature, and prevent serious problems like the loss of species and the collapse of ecosystems. The group was formed in Stroud, England, in May 2018 by Gail Bradbrook, Simon Bramwell, Roger Hallam, Stuart Basden, and six others from the Rising Up!