Aravalli Green Wall project: India’s ambitious climate mission faces long road ahead

India’s Aravalli Green Wall project is emerging as one of the country’s most ambitious environmental restoration efforts, aiming to revive degraded landscapes and strengthen climate resilience across four states.

Inspired by Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative, the project proposes a 1,400-kilometre-long and five-kilometre-wide green belt along the Aravalli range. The initiative supports India’s carbon sink goals while helping reduce land degradation and limiting dust movement from western India and neighbouring regions.