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Context is the Foundation’s award-winning media platform, providing news and analysis around three of the most significant and interconnected issues of our time: climate change, the effects of technology on society, and socio-economic inequality. Our human-centered journalism is delivered across a range of formats — from in-depth stories to videos and podcasts to newsletters.
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Brazil family farming minister: Transform global food production
Paulo Teixeira is Brazil’s Minister for Agrarian Development and Family Farming. Not a week goes by without a reminder of the growing impact of climate change on our
At COP29, plan to stop Caspian Sea waters receding falls short
LONDON – The alarming decline of the Caspian Sea is at the top of the agenda at this year’s
COP29: Health-focused climate action in the spotlight
LAGOS – Health experts are urging countries to earmark billions of dollars of the financing to be pledged at the COP29 summit to fund healthcare policies as pollution and extreme weather events take their…
Mexico is pushing for sweeping gig worker rights. Women say it’s not enough
This series is a collaboration with Rest of World. In Mexico City, growing numbers of…
Will 'sanctuary' cities come under attack by Trump?
WASHINGTON – Republican President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to launch the largest deportation effort in American history when he returns to the White House on Jan. 20. The U.S….