UN Backs New World Map to Correct Africa’s Size, US Casts Lone Dissent
Originally published on The Diplomatic Insight, IPDS’s sister publication. IPDS is pleased to showcase this report by the TDI News Desk.
The UN General Assembly voted 164-1 to endorse the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which shows Africa at roughly Greenland’s size even though the continent is actually fourteen times larger; the United States cast the lone dissenting vote, while six countries abstained.
