Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day is computed by dividing the planet’s biocapacity (the amount of ecological resources Earth is able to generate that year), by humanity’s Ecological Footprint (humanity’s demand for that year), and multiplying by 365, the number of days in a year. 

3 May 2024 – Brussels.  Today marks the EU’s overshoot day. This means that if all the people around the world mirrored the consumption patterns of the EU, humanity would exhaust the planet’s natural resources available for the year by May 3rd. 

https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/

https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/press-release-eu-overshoot-day-2024/

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