This high-level conference on “Accelerating the Great Green Wall: Fostering the Africa-Europe Partnership for a just rural transformation », was co-organized by the European Parliament, UNCCD and the Africa-Europe Foundation .  The conference brought together key stakeholders from Africa and Europe with the objective to develop credible mid (2030) and long-term (2063) strategies for investment and action in the Great Green Wall. Diane spoke about the potential of investing in Great Green Wall regenerative value chains, highlighting that catalytic capital was needed to attract private investments in high-growth cosmetic and superfoods markets.