Map Monday: Making international legislation
In a world that increasingly ignores national borders as categories of analysis, it’s hard to ignore that few problems fit neatly inside country lines. Global warming, international trade, fisheries, arms proliferation, and many other crises are truly international in scale, and the only suitable response to them has to come from the international community. The map above shows which countries have signed international conventions designed to battle the global problem of hazardous waste dumping. I’m looking for more maps around the issue of international participation and global government, if anybody has them, commence linking.
Once again, this Map Monday feature has been stolen from the UNEP site with extra thanks going to designers Cécile Marin, Emmanuelle Bournay.
Previously featured on Map Monday:
- Potential Powder Kegs – Arms and landmine stockpiles around the globe.
- Thermohaline Circulation – The current that keeps the world temperate. Will it last forever?
- Deforestation in Borneo – The hand of man over time on one tropical island.
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