Earth Overshoot Day 2019 is July 29, the earliest ever

If we all lived like the people of Qatar Earth Overshoot Day would be February 11, followed by Luxembourg February 16 . . USA March 15 . . . . Norway April 18.

«Every year we blow this #ecological budget earlier and earlier and at our current rate of resource use we’d need 1.75 planets to support our demand on Earth’s #ecosystem»#ecobudget #Sustainability @ScienceAlert https://t.co/kvoBW7ggzy

— Anja Molnes (@AnjaMolnes) July 29, 2019

We need to launch a moon shoot aimed at addressing the greatest existential challenge we have ever faced: #climatechange 🌍

Sadly, we’re currently at stage 1#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis @Forbes https://t.co/0IaBdAW3JN pic.twitter.com/RxhcVwxlKf

— Anja Molnes (@AnjaMolnes) July 29, 2019

Global Footprint Network promotes real-world solutions that #MoveTheDate, accelerating the transition to one-planet prosperity

OAKLAND, CA, USA — JULY 23, 2019 — On July 29, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international sustainability organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint. It is Earth Overshoot Day. Its date has moved up two months over the past 20 years to the 29th of July this year, the earliest date ever.

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Earth Overshoot Day is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international research organization that provides decision-makers with a menu of tools to help the human economy operate within Earth’s ecological limits.

Source: Global Footprint Network, www.footprintnetwork.org

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