Episode 31: 'Everything stopped where it was.' The Closure of USAID and its Consequences for Uganda.

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Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi

Josephine Karungi

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Climate Talk Uganda aims to explore all aspects of climate change in Uganda. Every two weeks we aim to feature a wide range of people who offer their perspectives on the challenges they - and Uganda - face as climate change continues to play out.

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Episode 31: 'Everything stopped where it was.' The Closure of USAID and its Consequences for Uganda.

Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi

48 minutes 34 seconds

3 months ago

Episode 31: 'Everything stopped where it was.' The Closure of USAID and its Consequences for Uganda.

On July 1st 2025 USAID officially shut down. For many countries around the world it represents a massive blow to a range of development programmes covering everything from health, agriculture and education to governance and climate change mitigation. In today's compelling episode, Robert Bagyenda joins us to share his insights into the likely consequences of this change. At the time of USAID's closure Robert was the team leader for the Environment Climate and Engineering Unit.

Here you can fiind a report published in The Lancet in 2025 forecasting that the closure of USAID could lead to the deaths of as many as 14,000,000 people.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext

And you can find the shuttered USAID website here -

https://www.usaid.gov/