The UN votes 164 to 1

In April 2025 two African non-profits, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched "Correct the Map", asking the UN, the World Bank and the BBC to adopt Equal Earth. The African Union endorsed it that August and asked Togo to carry it to New York.

On 4 September 2026 the General Assembly adopted the resolution, 164 votes to 1 with six abstentions. It does not ban Mercator. It encourages governments, schools, international organisations and technology companies to use equal-area projections wherever relative size matters, and to teach the limits of flat maps.

Togo says it will be the first to rewrite its geography textbooks, and will host UNESCO, the African Union and mapping companies in Lomé in 2027. This globe is centred on Togo.