AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoUN Cartography Shake-Up: The UN General Assembly backed the “Correct the Map” push, voting 164-1 (with six abstentions) to encourage use of the Equal Earth projection over Mercator when showing true relative land sizes—Africa’s campaign says Mercator makes it look too small, while Greenland can look far closer than it should. The US was the lone no vote, calling it an “ideological agenda,” and the resolution is non-binding (no ban on Mercator). Greenland Climate Watch: Six narwhals tracked warm Atlantic water 186 miles into East Greenland fjords, with the data pointing to deep, glacier-melting heat reaching far inland—researchers say it’s new detail from places humans rarely measure. Arctic Ice Update: Copernicus Sentinel-1 documented a major Petermann Glacier calving: a 76 sq km “ice island” broke off on Aug 4, the biggest since 2012, underscoring fast-changing Arctic conditions. Indigenous Arctic Governance: Inuit leaders are set to gather in Nome in 2030 for the ICC General Assembly, with delegates from Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka expected.
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