Channel Title: Context Channel Description: Short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. We publish videos that contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We are a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. Find out more: https://www.context.news/ For licensing enquiries, email media.foundation@thomsonreuters.com <video> How a South African reserve is balancing human rights and animal rights Description: The Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa isn't just saving endangered species – it's also creating jobs for the community. In a sprawling 19,000-hectare conservation area, southern white rhinos, once on the brink of extinction, now roam freely. But that's just the beginning. This former farmland, transformed by the vision of 180 landowners, is now a thriving ecosystem that's breathing new life into both wildlife and local communities. But can this model work elsewhere? As the world grapples with biodiversity loss and climate change, Dinokeng could offer a trailblazing blueprint. </video> <video> 4 tech trends to watch in 2025 Description: In 2025, the tech world is bracing for big changes. From AI's growing impact on employment to social media bans for young people, and TikTok's uncertain future, here are four key areas to watch. </video> <video> The Amazon rainforest: Five reasons for optimism in 2025 Description: The Amazon is key in shaping the Earth's climate and is a vital weapon to slow climate change, which makes preserving the world's largest tropical rainforest a global priority. Scientists say climate change, deforestation and fires are all helping push the Amazon to a "tipping point" that threatens to alter the forest irreparably. Despite this, 2024 proved to be a year of some progress for Amazon rainforest. Here’s five reasons to be optimistic for 2025. Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> Meet the illegal oil refiners of Nigeria Description: Deep inside the mangrove forests of the Niger Delta, thousands of young men use makeshift equipment, risking arrest and accidents, to refine a valuable commodity: oil. They fill a pressing gap in Nigeria. Africa’s top petroleum producer can’t refine nearly enough oil to fulfil its citizens’ needs. As fuel prices have surged in the last year, demand is higher than ever for black market fuel. Yet illegal refiners face an increasingly intense clampdown from the government, which is trying to claw back lost revenue; and many communities in the Niger Delta blame them for contributing to decades of environmental damage caused by oil spills. But when those who endure the worst of oil’s environmental impacts are also helping to keep the business alive, what does this tell us about a dirty yet essential commodity? And what will it take to quit oil? We travelled to the heart of the Niger Delta to find out. #oil #nigeria #fuel -- Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> How Trump's tariffs could raise US housing prices Description: Trump's tariffs plan could make your next home a lot pricier. Proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China could raise the cost of building materials such as softwood lumber, potentially driving up home prices and making homeownership less accessible for many Americans. Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> What a Trump presidency means for the rest of the world Description: #shorts #trump #donaldtrump We asked our journalists around the world what their country expects from Donald Trump's next administration. Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> Which countries have banned TikTok and why? #tiktokban Description: Following TikTok’s near-death experience in the U.S., here's what you need to know about which countries have banned the app, and why. Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> Fast Fashion wants to be sustainable. But is it? Description: In recent years, fast fashion brands like Zara have promised to produce and sell clothes in a more sustainable way for both the planet and the people who make their clothes. But our reporting found that those promises are at risk, due to some of Zara's — and its parent company Inditex's — business tactics. </video> <video> Introducing: Kicking It Description: We’re addicted to the things that we know are bad for the planet. Why is it so hard to quit them? </video> <video> Why can't we quit the things destroying our planet? Description: Can we kick it? – From coal and oil to meat and plastics, our planet runs on resources that are harming it. But weaning ourselves off these is complicated and has grave impacts on the people and places that rely on their extraction and consumption. So how do we kick these habits? The creation of the ‘Kicking It’ video series started with a simple question. Why is it so hard to wean ourselves off the things we know are bad for the planet? From oil, to fast fashion, this series highlights how mass extraction, production and consumption of resources can devastate our planet. But quitting them gets complicated when they have become so interwoven with our lives, histories, and economies. Episodes Coal: https://youtu.be/aMO89Nj2hw0?si=H8hwPiIdfRYWwDvM Beef: https://youtu.be/3kO7BzABPGk?si=GYkVg23LmnZki1bo Fast Fashion: https://youtu.be/TfrEK3R7CBE?si=4KUmqLN1INd89do3 Oil: https://youtu.be/Aqpvd-c1LE4?si=oFfVm_FTOu9feOW1 Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> India's energy capital is poisoning its people Description: As India grapples with its energy future, the Vindhyachal power plant - one of the world’s top ‘super polluters’ - is trialling carbon capture technology. But in a region where coal has long dominated, both the economy and the environment, is it too late? Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> Q&A with Maria Ressa Description: How is artificial intelligence reshaping our reality and what should governments do to rein in big tech? These are some of the questions we put to Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa. #shorts #ai #ainews #artificialintelligence --- Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ </video> <video> Q&A: Inside the newsroom taking on the Taliban from 7000 miles away Description: How dangerous is it to be a journalist in Afghanistan? How do women reporters get around the Taliban's restrictions? And how will harsh new "morality" laws impact the future of the media? These are some of the questions we put to Lotfullah Najafizada, CEO of Amu TV, an international media outlet for Afghanistan that he helped set up after the Taliban seized power in 2021. The U.S.-based satellite TV channel works with a vast secret network of journalists inside the country to gather news which is packaged into stories overseas and beamed back to Afghans. Female journalists are excluded from press conferences, banned from interviewing men and forced to cover their faces. Most of Amu TV's reporters work anonymously, communicating with their colleagues overseas via secure channels. But Najafizada warns conditions are becoming more dangerous – and more difficult. The Taliban's recently announced "morality" law bans women from speaking in public and prohibits the publishing of human images. While not yet fully enforced, it could potentially kill off television. The interview with Najafizada was filmed at Trust Conference 2024, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual flagship forum, where he joined a panel alongside international lawyer Natalia Belikova and journalist Laura Aguirre to discuss support for journalists in exile. -- Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> Inside the controversial multi-billion dollar brain-reading device industry Description: Electronic devices that capture and analyse brain signals are becoming more mainstream, with brain-reading meditation apps, brain-computer video game interfaces and even attention-tracking headphones hitting the consumer market. We tried a number of these devices. Here's what we learned about the future of mind-reading technology. -- Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video> <video> Why Australia could lift their ban on nuclear Description: #shorts #nuclear #australianews This year's Australian federal election will be a 'referendum on nuclear power'. Can nuclear power fit into a net zero future? Subscribe: https://www.bit.ly/3L0j2Ro Watch more videos: https://www.bit.ly/3FPmblU Visit our site: https://www.context.news/ — We make short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies. We contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is a media platform brought to you by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. Through journalism, media development, free legal assistance, and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change. </video>

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Short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. We publish videos that contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment. Context is anchored around three of the most significant and interdependent issues of our time: climate change, the impact of technology on society and inclusive economies.

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