About PlanetWatch
Planet-Scale Governance & Policy Tracker
PlanetWatch tracks planet-related control — the regulations, policies, trade rules, environmental governance, and institutional decisions that shape how humanity manages the planet. Every day, institutions around the world issue rulings, publish analyses, and set frameworks that determine who controls what, under what rules, and at what cost. PlanetWatch brings these signals together in one place.
We map the systems of control over planetary resources, trade, the environment, and development. From carbon border adjustments and critical-mineral supply chains to fisheries governance and financial-regulation rollbacks, our feed surfaces the decisions that matter — and puts them on a map so you can see the geography of power as it shifts.
Each item is geo-located to the country, region, or institution it concerns, then plotted on an interactive global map. Filter by source, topic, or region to explore the institutional landscape that governs the planet — or watch the feed live to see new policy developments as they break.
Philosophy
Planetary-scale governance is increasingly fragmented across hundreds of bodies — some formal (WTO trade panels, IMF Article IV consultations, World Bank lending conditionalities), others informal (think-tank policy briefs, CFR task-force reports, Chatham House principles). The result is a fog of institutional output that few have the time or context to navigate.
PlanetWatch exists to cut through that fog. We believe that transparency about who governs what — and how — is a prerequisite for accountability. By aggregating, tagging, and mapping institutional output, we give researchers, journalists, policymakers, and engaged citizens a single window into the architecture of planetary control.
We are nonpartisan, source-agnostic within our chosen institutional set, and focused entirely on the what and where of governance — not advocacy. Our goal is to make the invisible infrastructure of planetary management visible, explorable, and understandable at a glance.
Sources
Brookings
US-based think tank covering economic policy, governance, and international affairs — a key voice in domestic and global regulatory debates.
Chatham House
London-based Royal Institute of International Affairs — influential analysis on global energy governance, security frameworks, and environmental policy.
Council on Foreign Relations
US foreign policy and international relations — task-force reports and expert briefs on trade, climate, and geopolitical risk.
International Monetary Fund
Global monetary cooperation, financial surveillance, and policy conditionalities that shape economic governance worldwide.
World Bank
Development economics, lending frameworks, and environmental/social safeguards that govern how development capital flows.
World Trade Organization
Global trade rules, dispute-settlement rulings, and trade-policy monitoring — the legal backbone of cross-border commerce.
Features
- Interactive Map — Every item geo-located and plotted on a Leaflet-powered world map. Click, pan, and zoom to explore governance by geography.
- Live Feed — A real-time scroll of new publications as they are ingested from institutional RSS feeds, updated continuously.
- Multi-Source Filtering — Toggle individual sources on and off to isolate the output of specific institutions or compare them side by side.
- Topic & Region Tagging — Items are tagged by governance domain (trade, environment, finance, development, security) and region for rapid discovery.
- Search & Detail View — Search across titles, summaries, and tags. Click any item for a full detail panel with source link, date, and geographic context.
Technology
Leaflet Python RSS Feedparser ViewerEngine GH Actions