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12/16/24: What's Working in the Great Green Wall

Writer's picture: Marshall KirkpatrickMarshall Kirkpatrick

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I love a simple, clear, description of what's working across a cohort of related initiatives. That's exactly what you'll see in our Visual of the Day for today: three practices that are working in the Great Green Wall of Africa.


Wherever you are, may your burdens feel lighter and your break-throughs feel meaningful this week.

 

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-Marshall Kirkpatrick

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Visual of the Day

What's Working Across 17 African Initiatives in the Great Green Wall


From Mongabay: "Land degradation across Africa impacts the lives of rural Africans, who depend heavily on natural resources. Reversing land degradation while improving livelihoods can be tricky, and not all initiatives succeed.

 

"A recent Sustainability Science study examined 17 initiatives in 13 African nations to tease out what factors contribute to success or failure.

 

"The study finds that

(1) tapping into social relationships,

(2) providing adequate [economic incentives] and

(3) maintaining momentum over the long term

emerged as key factors in an initiative’s success."


Today's Updates



Table of Contents

  • Agriculture (4 stories) - Astarte's $350M Latin American crop fund, Campaspe's solar farm rejection, Country Road's cotton tracking, and juniper-grassland research reshape agricultural landscapes

  • Carbon (4 stories) - Major funding for Heirloom amid market standardization and safety concerns; federal carbon removal programs face political uncertainty despite growing private investment

  • Ecosystems (10 stories) - Coral Triangle under oil/gas threat, Finland's seal snow sanctuaries, Polynesian petrels return to Kamaka, while Greater Mekong reveals 234 new species amid Arctic ice studies and Pacific Northwest logging debates

  • Efficiency (1 story) - Air source heat pumps gain traction in UK's high-end residential market, spanning £625K-£3.25M properties

  • Finance (4 stories) - Premium AI costs soar while battery prices drop 20%; WEF finds high ROI on corporate climate action as $300B global finance proposal faces pushback

  • Grid (9 stories) - Microsoft warns of cyber threats as IoT expands; Tesla and experts challenge Australia's 14GW nuclear plans; Yoshino B4000 solid-state power station debuts; Ontario-US grid tensions rise over tariffs

  • Indigenous (8 stories) - NDN Collective's $34.6M Indigenous funding push and Pomo tribes' Clear Lake restoration merge with California's expanding prescribed burn networks, as Spanish-language "Voces del Fuego" training unites global fire practitioners

  • Industry (3 stories) - Oil majors Exxon and Chevron pursue data center power and thermal storage, while Seurat advances industrial-scale metal 3D printing technology

  • Policy (20 stories) - Trump climate stance sparks scientist concerns while ExxonMobil backs Paris accord; EPA faces water industry lawsuit over lead pipe mandate; Supreme Court weighs California emissions authority; U.S. Forest Service launches $200M wildfire grant program

  • Renewables (15 stories) - PowerBloc, DT Infrastructure, and BP lead major solar expansions while Europe targets 110GW by 2025; Vista Sands 1.3GW project and Eland's 384MW facility showcase utility-scale storage integration

  • Transport (13 stories) - EVgo's 10,000-stall expansion, Volvo Penta's marine grid integration, and Tesla's Australian surge lead EV developments, while Northvolt struggles impact Porsche plans and VW, Toyota lag behind BYD


Agriculture

Astarte's $350M Latin American crop fund, Campaspe's solar farm rejection, Country Road's cotton tracking, and juniper-grassland research reshape agricultural landscapes



Carbon

Major funding for Heirloom amid market standardization and safety concerns; federal carbon removal programs face political uncertainty despite growing private investment



Ecosystems

Coral Triangle under oil/gas threat, Finland's seal snow sanctuaries, Polynesian petrels return to Kamaka, while Greater Mekong reveals 234 new species amid Arctic ice studies and Pacific Northwest logging debates



Efficiency

Air source heat pumps gain traction in UK's high-end residential market, spanning £625K-£3.25M properties



Finance

Premium AI costs soar while battery prices drop 20%; WEF finds high ROI on corporate climate action as $300B global finance proposal faces pushback



Grid

Microsoft warns of cyber threats as IoT expands; Tesla and experts challenge Australia's 14GW nuclear plans; Yoshino B4000 solid-state power station debuts; Ontario-US grid tensions rise over tariffs



Indigenous

NDN Collective's $34.6M Indigenous funding push and Pomo tribes' Clear Lake restoration merge with California's expanding prescribed burn networks, as Spanish-language "Voces del Fuego" training unites global fire practitioners



Industry

Oil majors Exxon and Chevron pursue data center power and thermal storage, while Seurat advances industrial-scale metal 3D printing technology



Policy

Trump climate stance sparks scientist concerns while ExxonMobil backs Paris accord; EPA faces water industry lawsuit over lead pipe mandate; Supreme Court weighs California emissions authority; U.S. Forest Service launches $200M wildfire grant program



Renewables

PowerBloc, DT Infrastructure, and BP lead major solar expansions while Europe targets 110GW by 2025; Vista Sands 1.3GW project and Eland's 384MW facility showcase utility-scale storage integration



Transport

EVgo's 10,000-stall expansion, Volvo Penta's marine grid integration, and Tesla's Australian surge lead EV developments, while Northvolt struggles impact Porsche plans and VW, Toyota lag behind BYD


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