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Taxpayers helped foot bill for climate project that ‘destroyed’ villages

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The £33m aid project was designed to help poor Ugandan farmers deal with the impact of climate change. But the reality saw their crops and homes destroyed in an “inhuman” project that left them “on the brink of starvation”.

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Taxpayers helped foot bill for climate project that ‘destroyed’ villages

£33m initiative designed to help poor farmers has left communities on the brink of starvation

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Ugandan Villages Destroyed To Fight Climate Change

Local government officials, who were guarded by armed security forces, razed crops, trees and homes as they claimed to be re-wilding wetland in a project run by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which has received £2.6bn in UK taxpayers’ money.

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
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