Context Newsroom
@contextnewsroom.bsky.social
Know better. Do better. We provide news and analysis on the most critical issues affecting people, society and the environment. Powered by Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"As Sierra Leone assumes the council presidency, President Julius Maada Bio says food security key to Gaza and Sudan conflicts."
✍️ Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
✍️ Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"As Sierra Leone assumes the council presidency, President Julius Maada Bio says food security key to Gaza and Sudan conflicts."
✍️ Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
✍️ Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
"Hollowing out some of the world’s strongest digital safeguards will harm us all. But there is still time to change course."
✍️ Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, a policy advisor at the European Digital Rights (EDRi), writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/digital-righ...
✍️ Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, a policy advisor at the European Digital Rights (EDRi), writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/digital-righ...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Hollowing out some of the world’s strongest digital safeguards will harm us all. But there is still time to change course."
✍️ Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, a policy advisor at the European Digital Rights (EDRi), writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/digital-righ...
✍️ Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, a policy advisor at the European Digital Rights (EDRi), writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/digital-righ...
Frontex, the EU's largest agency, manages border security with a growing mandate and budget.
With plans to expand, discussions continue on its evolving role and the need for transparency and accountability.
✍️ Beatrice Tridimas reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
With plans to expand, discussions continue on its evolving role and the need for transparency and accountability.
✍️ Beatrice Tridimas reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Frontex, the EU's largest agency, manages border security with a growing mandate and budget.
With plans to expand, discussions continue on its evolving role and the need for transparency and accountability.
✍️ Beatrice Tridimas reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
With plans to expand, discussions continue on its evolving role and the need for transparency and accountability.
✍️ Beatrice Tridimas reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
A new malaria treatment has shown over 97% effectiveness in trials across 12 African countries.
It targets drug-resistant malaria strains and offers a simpler, once-daily regimen.
✍️ Nita Bhalla reports
🔗 www.context.news/socioeconomi...
It targets drug-resistant malaria strains and offers a simpler, once-daily regimen.
✍️ Nita Bhalla reports
🔗 www.context.news/socioeconomi...
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A new malaria treatment has shown over 97% effectiveness in trials across 12 African countries.
It targets drug-resistant malaria strains and offers a simpler, once-daily regimen.
✍️ Nita Bhalla reports
🔗 www.context.news/socioeconomi...
It targets drug-resistant malaria strains and offers a simpler, once-daily regimen.
✍️ Nita Bhalla reports
🔗 www.context.news/socioeconomi...
"At a time when foreign aid budgets are shrinking, creating a model based on investment rather than grants is a significant breakthrough."
✍️ Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/nature/opini...
✍️ Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/nature/opini...
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"At a time when foreign aid budgets are shrinking, creating a model based on investment rather than grants is a significant breakthrough."
✍️ Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/nature/opini...
✍️ Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/nature/opini...
Global leaders gathered this weekend in Johannesburg for the first G20 summit on African soil, with a focus on critical minerals like lithium and cobalt.
Africa holds 30% of these resources, key for clean tech and AI.
✍️ Kim Harrisberg reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
Africa holds 30% of these resources, key for clean tech and AI.
✍️ Kim Harrisberg reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Global leaders gathered this weekend in Johannesburg for the first G20 summit on African soil, with a focus on critical minerals like lithium and cobalt.
Africa holds 30% of these resources, key for clean tech and AI.
✍️ Kim Harrisberg reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
Africa holds 30% of these resources, key for clean tech and AI.
✍️ Kim Harrisberg reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
"People in the Global South are disproportionately affected by fossil fuel pollution. Climate finance needs to help them adapt to the challenges."
✍️ Harjeet Singh, Founding Director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
✍️ Harjeet Singh, Founding Director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"People in the Global South are disproportionately affected by fossil fuel pollution. Climate finance needs to help them adapt to the challenges."
✍️ Harjeet Singh, Founding Director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
✍️ Harjeet Singh, Founding Director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
Adapting to extreme weather is costing countries hundreds of billions.
Poor nations, despite contributing least to climate change, face the highest exposure.
✍️ Md. Tahmid Zami reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
Poor nations, despite contributing least to climate change, face the highest exposure.
✍️ Md. Tahmid Zami reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Adapting to extreme weather is costing countries hundreds of billions.
Poor nations, despite contributing least to climate change, face the highest exposure.
✍️ Md. Tahmid Zami reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
Poor nations, despite contributing least to climate change, face the highest exposure.
✍️ Md. Tahmid Zami reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
Brazil has recognised four Indigenous territories covering 2.45 million hectares, aiming to protect the Amazon rainforest from invasive activities.
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/how-r...
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/how-r...
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Brazil has recognised four Indigenous territories covering 2.45 million hectares, aiming to protect the Amazon rainforest from invasive activities.
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/how-r...
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/how-r...
Sierra Leone is ranked among the 15 economies most affected by climate change.
At #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Sierra Leone sought funding to protect its forests
✍️ Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's minister of environment, spoke to Context in Belém.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
At #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Sierra Leone sought funding to protect its forests
✍️ Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's minister of environment, spoke to Context in Belém.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sierra Leone is ranked among the 15 economies most affected by climate change.
At #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Sierra Leone sought funding to protect its forests
✍️ Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's minister of environment, spoke to Context in Belém.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
At #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Sierra Leone sought funding to protect its forests
✍️ Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's minister of environment, spoke to Context in Belém.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
"Just because the annual COP talks don't magically fix the climate crisis doesn't mean the system is broken."
✍️ Clare Shakya, Global Managing Director of Climate at The Nature Conservancy, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
✍️ Clare Shakya, Global Managing Director of Climate at The Nature Conservancy, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Just because the annual COP talks don't magically fix the climate crisis doesn't mean the system is broken."
✍️ Clare Shakya, Global Managing Director of Climate at The Nature Conservancy, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
✍️ Clare Shakya, Global Managing Director of Climate at The Nature Conservancy, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
A dozen countries have pledged to formally recognise indigenous land rights across 80 million hectares in tropical forests by 2030. The pledge aims to strengthen land tenure and support conservation efforts.
✍️ André Cabette Fábio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-br...
✍️ André Cabette Fábio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-br...
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A dozen countries have pledged to formally recognise indigenous land rights across 80 million hectares in tropical forests by 2030. The pledge aims to strengthen land tenure and support conservation efforts.
✍️ André Cabette Fábio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-br...
✍️ André Cabette Fábio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-br...
At COP30, Brazil is encouraging nations to quadruple the use of sustainable fuels by 2035.
Discussions continue around biofuel and their impacts on land use and food systems.
✍️ Clár Ní Chonghaile and Bhasker Tripathi report
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
Discussions continue around biofuel and their impacts on land use and food systems.
✍️ Clár Ní Chonghaile and Bhasker Tripathi report
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
At COP30, Brazil is encouraging nations to quadruple the use of sustainable fuels by 2035.
Discussions continue around biofuel and their impacts on land use and food systems.
✍️ Clár Ní Chonghaile and Bhasker Tripathi report
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
Discussions continue around biofuel and their impacts on land use and food systems.
✍️ Clár Ní Chonghaile and Bhasker Tripathi report
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
At COP30 in Brazil, discussions focussed on deforestation, trade, and the role of agribusiness.
Brazil's farmers took the opportunity to highlight their sustainable practices and economic impact.
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-co...
Brazil's farmers took the opportunity to highlight their sustainable practices and economic impact.
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-co...
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
At COP30 in Brazil, discussions focussed on deforestation, trade, and the role of agribusiness.
Brazil's farmers took the opportunity to highlight their sustainable practices and economic impact.
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-co...
Brazil's farmers took the opportunity to highlight their sustainable practices and economic impact.
✍️ Andre Cabette Fabio reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/at-co...
Extreme weather is reshaping lives in Brazil, with farmers facing hotter summers, colder winters, and more droughts.
At COP30, negotiators discussed adaptation finance and tracking progress with global indicators.
✍️ @clarnic.bsky.social reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
At COP30, negotiators discussed adaptation finance and tracking progress with global indicators.
✍️ @clarnic.bsky.social reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Extreme weather is reshaping lives in Brazil, with farmers facing hotter summers, colder winters, and more droughts.
At COP30, negotiators discussed adaptation finance and tracking progress with global indicators.
✍️ @clarnic.bsky.social reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
At COP30, negotiators discussed adaptation finance and tracking progress with global indicators.
✍️ @clarnic.bsky.social reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
Stranded at sea for months, seafarers aboard MV Captain Tarek in Yemen faced daily bombings, unpaid wages, and meagre rations. Abandonment cases in shipping have surged, with over 2,280 mariners affected in 2025.
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Stranded at sea for months, seafarers aboard MV Captain Tarek in Yemen faced daily bombings, unpaid wages, and meagre rations. Abandonment cases in shipping have surged, with over 2,280 mariners affected in 2025.
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
Shadow fleets and substandard shipping are putting thousands of seafarers at risk worldwide.
The International Maritime Organization reports a sharp rise in ship abandonment and criminalisation, as regulatory gaps widen.
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
The International Maritime Organization reports a sharp rise in ship abandonment and criminalisation, as regulatory gaps widen.
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Shadow fleets and substandard shipping are putting thousands of seafarers at risk worldwide.
The International Maritime Organization reports a sharp rise in ship abandonment and criminalisation, as regulatory gaps widen.
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
The International Maritime Organization reports a sharp rise in ship abandonment and criminalisation, as regulatory gaps widen.
✍️ Katie McQue reports
🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...
“Greed in all forms is our enemy, it is our duty to fight it.”
✍️ Javi Benitez, Representative of the 3rd District of Negros Occidental in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
✍️ Javi Benitez, Representative of the 3rd District of Negros Occidental in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Greed in all forms is our enemy, it is our duty to fight it.”
✍️ Javi Benitez, Representative of the 3rd District of Negros Occidental in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
✍️ Javi Benitez, Representative of the 3rd District of Negros Occidental in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, writes for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/climate-just...
In West Virginia's changing economy, local initiatives are supporting new businesses and clean energy projects alongside traditional coal.
As global demand for coal shifts, communities are exploring new opportunities.
✍️ Sam Kimball reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
As global demand for coal shifts, communities are exploring new opportunities.
✍️ Sam Kimball reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In West Virginia's changing economy, local initiatives are supporting new businesses and clean energy projects alongside traditional coal.
As global demand for coal shifts, communities are exploring new opportunities.
✍️ Sam Kimball reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
As global demand for coal shifts, communities are exploring new opportunities.
✍️ Sam Kimball reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
"Leaders attending the COP30 climate summit must address inequality if they are serious about the climate crisis."
✍️ Amitabh Behar, Exec Director of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, and Wawa Gatheru, founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, write for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
✍️ Amitabh Behar, Exec Director of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, and Wawa Gatheru, founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, write for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Leaders attending the COP30 climate summit must address inequality if they are serious about the climate crisis."
✍️ Amitabh Behar, Exec Director of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, and Wawa Gatheru, founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, write for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
✍️ Amitabh Behar, Exec Director of @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, and Wawa Gatheru, founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, write for Context.
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
The "30 by 30" goal aims to conserve at least 30% of land and oceans by 2030. While the federal initiative was discontinued, states are advancing local conservation efforts, with some setting even higher targets for the future.
✍️ Carey Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/us-st...
✍️ Carey Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/us-st...
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The "30 by 30" goal aims to conserve at least 30% of land and oceans by 2030. While the federal initiative was discontinued, states are advancing local conservation efforts, with some setting even higher targets for the future.
✍️ Carey Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/us-st...
✍️ Carey Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/nature/us-st...
Ukraine set to seek $44b from Russia for climate-linked damage from war in first claim of its kind.
The first three years of conflict have generated almost 237 million metric tons of greenhouse gases.
✍️ Emma Batha reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
The first three years of conflict have generated almost 237 million metric tons of greenhouse gases.
✍️ Emma Batha reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ukraine set to seek $44b from Russia for climate-linked damage from war in first claim of its kind.
The first three years of conflict have generated almost 237 million metric tons of greenhouse gases.
✍️ Emma Batha reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
The first three years of conflict have generated almost 237 million metric tons of greenhouse gases.
✍️ Emma Batha reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
Reposted by Context Newsroom
Today in @reuters.com, @contextnewsroom.bsky.social: How Massachusetts is stepping up to protect and restore nature! 🦎
"What you’re seeing is an opportunity to make things better than they have been in the past, and what we’ve done to the landscape can be healed."
www.context.news/nature/us-st...
"What you’re seeing is an opportunity to make things better than they have been in the past, and what we’ve done to the landscape can be healed."
www.context.news/nature/us-st...
US states take up conservation goals axed by Trump | Context by TRF
After Trump ended a goal of saving 30% of sea and land, local governments are ramping up conservation efforts
www.context.news
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Today in @reuters.com, @contextnewsroom.bsky.social: How Massachusetts is stepping up to protect and restore nature! 🦎
"What you’re seeing is an opportunity to make things better than they have been in the past, and what we’ve done to the landscape can be healed."
www.context.news/nature/us-st...
"What you’re seeing is an opportunity to make things better than they have been in the past, and what we’ve done to the landscape can be healed."
www.context.news/nature/us-st...
In Nigeria, one solar assembly plant is producing batteries, fans, and lamps for homes and businesses nationwide. Since 2017, the company has supplied over two million units and aims to assemble up to 300,000 units annually.
✍️ Bukola Adebayo reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
✍️ Bukola Adebayo reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In Nigeria, one solar assembly plant is producing batteries, fans, and lamps for homes and businesses nationwide. Since 2017, the company has supplied over two million units and aims to assemble up to 300,000 units annually.
✍️ Bukola Adebayo reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
✍️ Bukola Adebayo reports
🔗 www.context.news/just-transit...
The U.S. administration is proposing to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding that enabled the federal government to address greenhouse gas issues.
This could have serious implications for public health and emissions standards.
✍️ Carey L. Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
This could have serious implications for public health and emissions standards.
✍️ Carey L. Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The U.S. administration is proposing to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding that enabled the federal government to address greenhouse gas issues.
This could have serious implications for public health and emissions standards.
✍️ Carey L. Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...
This could have serious implications for public health and emissions standards.
✍️ Carey L. Biron reports
🔗 www.context.news/climate-risk...