Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/4 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Programmes intended to protect nature in vital ecosystems have been in effect axed, while others have been reduced in scope. Photograph: Matthew Abbott/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Programmes intended to protect nature in vital ecosystems have been in effect axed, while others have been reduced in scope. Photograph: Matthew Abbott/The Guardian UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countriesExclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced UK programmes to protect nature and the climate in developing countries are suffering swingeing budget cuts despite ministers’ promises, the Guardian has learned.The cuts belie the government’s claims to be fulfilling international obligations on climate finance and are veiled behind a system that experts have criticised as opaque.Several programmes intended to protect nature in vital ecosystems in Africa and Asia have been in effect axed. Other schemes have been reduced in scope, undermining their impact.One initiative, the £500m Blue Planet Fund – set up after Sir David Attenborough’s revelations of the plight of the marine environment in his Blue Planet series raised widespread public concern – is also in question.UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help Read moreThe cuts…
Published: March 2, 2026 5:03 pm
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