
Samuel Dodge


Here’s how we told some of the year’s most important stories with charts, maps and visuals.

Humanity remains deeply dependent on coal.

From Germany’s auto industry to its relationship with China and Russia, Germany faces a long list of problems that need immediate addressing under the next chancellor.

Advances in radar altimetry technology from satellites reveal ice masses in Alaska and Asia have lost 4% of their volume in less than a decade.




Without immediate action on climate change and freeing up global trade, the global economy will lose trillions.

Nations with a high degree of state control will account for 43% of global output by 2050.



Four charts show how Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s promise to “level up” the country just got harder.





Instead of looking at what could go wrong next year, we're imagining what could go right.

