On
September 4, the UN General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution 164-1,
urged by Togo and the African Group, to shift from distorting Mercator
projections to equal-area models like Equal Earth for better representing
landmass sizes in schools, governments, and tech.
The U.S. stood alone in opposition, with its deputy representative calling it a 'radical ideological project' distracting from real issues, while India supported but insisted on its official territory depictions.
Observers see it as a step toward accuracy after years of advocacy, though critics note all projections involve trade-offs and the change won't fix deeper global challenges.