What is this icon in the top bar of CIvilizations VI?

Solution 1:

This is new to the Civilization Gathering Storm expansion. It's called Diplomatic Favor.

"It represents your state influence power before other leaders in the world and is used mainly in the World Congress."

It's a new resource that is a key part of winning the new Diplomatic Victory. It can be used to spend on the World Congress in votes, and it can also be traded to other civilizations in whole sums like gold can, but not at a per turn value.

There are three main sources of Diplomatic Favor:

• Governments

Each type of government provides a number of points of Diplomatic Favor equal to its tier each turn. For example, Monarchy is a Tier 2 government and provides 2 points of Diplomatic Favor per turn, while Democracy, a Tier 3 government, provides 3 points per turn. This is the most reliable and steady source of Diplomatic Favor.

• Suzerainty

Being the Suzerain of any city-state provides +1 point/turn per city-state. It can be increased to 2 points/turn per city-state if you have the Országház Wonder. Of course, this trickle is lost as soon as you lose the Suzerain status.

• Alliances

Having an Alliance provides points per turn depending on the level of Alliance. Again, points are awarded for each separate active Alliance.

You can lose favor through inflicting too many grievances on other civilizations, also new to the expansion, and through emitting too much CO2, also new to the expansion.