After my summer in Geneva, I’ve been looking out for smart visualizations of global social, environmental and economic issues.  Here’s one I found this week from Infosthetics:

FROM INFOSTHETICS: The Global Adaptation Index [globalai.org] by Development Seed presents a country’s ‘vulnerability’ to global challenges (e.g. food, health, infrastructure) and contrasts this parameter to its perceived ‘readiness’ (e.g. economic, governance, social). The sophistically designed and highly interactive website aims to make people more aware to prioritize investments for more efficient responses to the immediate global challenges ahead.

 

According to them, New Zealand, Australia and Denmark are the ‘most ready’ – but they don’t do a great job explaining what this means right away, so there is somewhat of a disconnect between the visualization and the meaning readers can extract from it. FYI, Readiness targets those portions of the economy, governance and society that affect the speed and efficiency of absorption and implementation of Adaptation projects.

via Global Adaptation Index: Revealing a Country’s Vulnerability to Challenges – information aesthetics.