Caption

World Forecast, 2015

Summary

This infographic presents a forecast for the state of the world in 2015 in a format that mimics a weather forecast. Icons for locating the following “hot-spots”” are defined:

• water governance disputes
• urban problems
• progress on the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals)
• overfished seas
• economic progress
• hurricanes
• HIV/AIDS
• industrial pollution
• conflicts and tension
• loss of biodiversity
• overpopulation
• rising temperatures

Inset tables provide forecasts of population and life expectancy at birth in 2015 for the world and a handful of countries. The accompanying narrative includes regional forecasts.

Source

United Nations Environment Programme / GRID-Arendal[1]

Cartographer/Designer: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Copyright

© 2006 UNEP / GRID-Arendal

Licensing

Used with permission.

For use constraints, see [2].

Series

This map is one in a series For a listing with flyovers, see Series:UNEP / GRID-Arendal.