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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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South Africa's patchwork climate plans risk widening inequality
JOHANNESBURG – Inconsistent government and corporate climate strategies may see poorer regions left behind in the transition away from polluting industries to
What are biofuels and are they green?
NEW DELHI – Countries around the world are producing more biofuels as a way to tackle climate change,…
Trump deportation pledges raise concerns over U.S. health system
WASHINGTON – With Donald Trump back in the White House, Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, a family physician in North Carolina, is worried that the president’s promise of a major…
Disaster fatigue: Battered by storms and out of compassion
MANILA – Four back-to-back typhoons pummelled the Philippines in 10 wild days of November. The storms followed 14 other typhoons to lash the archipelago last year, leaving its rescue teams…
Here are the world's 10 most forgotten crises
LONDON – From Gaza to Ukraine, more than 180 million people are caught up in humanitarian emergencies, but while a handful make headlines, many crises fly under the radar. Here are the 10 that attracted…