Joanna Gill

Brussels, Edinburgh

Europe Correspondent at Thomson Reuters Foundation

Europe Correspondent at Context

Europe correspondent @ContextNewsroom covering climate change, society & tech, LGBTQ+ rights and inequality. Formerly Euronews, NBC, AFP. She/her.

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Could the EU ban 'conversion therapy'?

1 week ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

What’s the context? Controversial "gay cure" practices are already outlawed in some EU countries but bloc-wide ban faces obstacles. BRUSSELS - More than a million people have backed a Europe-wide ban on "conversion therapy", boosting European Union efforts to outlaw outdated and discredited practices that aim to change a person's sexuality or gender identity.
Q&A: Why we're challenging the EU's watering down of green rules

1 month ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

What’s the context? Climate campaigners are pushing back against EU plans to loosen sustainability rules to boost business. BRUSSELS - The European Union spent five years developing new laws requiring companies to check and remedy cases of forced labour or environmental damage caused in their global supply chains. Now it is seeking to roll back certain measures just months after adopting them.
EU: ClientEarth lawyer highlights "short-termism" and lack of strategy in Omnibus "deregulation" agenda

1 month ago | business-humanrights.org | Joanna Gill

“Q&A: Why we're challenging the EU's watering down of green rules”…The European Union spent five years developing new laws requiring companies to check and remedy cases of forced labour or environmental damage caused in their global supply chains. Now it is seeking to roll back certain measures just months after adopting them.
In Data: What's behind Europe's online child sex abuse dilemma?

1 month ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

The shadow of a child is cast as he plays on a trampoline in Nairobi, Kenya February 12, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaWhat’s the context? European countries host the most child sexual abuse content online, but proposed rules to protect victims and identify perpetrators have stalled. BRUSSELS - As the popularity of social media and messaging apps grows, so does the volume of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, on the internet, and 2024 was the worst year on record, a new report shows.
Q&A: More refugees, far less cash - what keeps aid workers awake

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

An Afghan boy drinks water as he and others fill their containers from a tap in Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province, Afghanistan, August 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ali KharaWhat’s the context? From water projects in Afghanistan to demining in Colombia, aid cuts from Trump, EU and UK stop work that makes the world safer. Refugee numbers rise as budgets shrinkAid cuts felt from Kabul to KhartoumState of insecurity - the new norm?
Q&A: 'Flow' animation director says AI should be tool, not creator

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

What’s the context? Indie animated film "Flow" rattles big studios with Oscar win, spotlighting role of new tech in industry under pressure from AI. BRUSSELS - The wordless adventure of a cat that finds refuge on a boat during an apocalyptic flood, the Oscar-winning animated movie "Flow" has offered hope to an industry grappling with an existential crisis, thanks in part to the use of artificial intelligence.
Q&A: "Moment of reckoning" in fight against AIDS, TB, malaria

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

• Risk of reversing gains amid cuts, Global Fund chief warns• Funding cuts "wake-up call" for disease-hit regions• Health security at risk if momentum lostBRUSSELS - The slashing of funds for life-saving health projects around the world could unravel decades of progress in fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, forcing a "moment of reckoning" for global health, the head of the Global Fund told Context.
アングル：石炭依存度高い西バルカン諸国、ＥＵの炭素税で打撃受ける可能性

2 months ago | jp.reuters.com | Joanna Gill

３月１２日、ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナから北マケドニアに至るまで、石炭火力発電への依存度が大きい西バルカン諸国の政府は、来年、欧州連合（ＥＵ）の「グリーン関税」が導入される際に大きな経済的打撃を受けることになりそうだ。写真はボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナのノバ・ビラにある炭鉱で働く人々。２０２１年５月撮影（２０２５年ロイター/Dado Ruvic）［ブリュッセル１２日トムソン・ロイター財団］ - ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナから北マケドニアに至るまで、石炭火力発電への依存度が大きい西バルカン諸国の政府は、来年、欧州連合（ＥＵ）の「グリーン関税」が導入される際に大きな経済的打撃を受けることになりそうだ。西バルカン諸国にとって、石炭火力による電力は二酸化炭素排出量の最も多い輸出品目のうちの１つであり、ＥＵが新たに導入する炭素国境調整メカニズム（ＣＢＡＭ）の対象になる。ＣＢＡＭは、カーボンフットプリントの大きい輸入品に対して事実上の関税を課す仕組みだ。...
Green EU tariffs could hobble coal-heavy Western Balkans

2 months ago | gulf-times.com | Joanna Gill

From Sarajevo to Skopje, reliance on coal power could expose the Western Balkans to a major economic hit when European Union green tariffs come into force next year. Coal-fuelled electricity is one of the Western Balkans’ most carbon-heavy exports and will be covered by the EU’s new carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), which will put a levy on imports with a large carbon footprint.
Green EU tariffs could hobble coal-heavy Western Balkans

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

A miner walks through the mud coal transport line at the largest domestic electricity production facility REK Bitola, in Bitola, North Macedonia November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen TeofilovskiWhat’s the context? Less than a year before a new carbon border tax takes effect, the Western Balkans states face tough choices on coal power.