Global Footprint Network

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Did you know that…

 there’s an Earth Overshoot Day?

This describes the day at which the sustainably usable resources of a whole year are used up. It is calculated every year by the Global Footprint Network and shows the ecological limits of the planet. In 2021, Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 29th. This means that the earth’s sustainably usable resources are used up almost as early in the year as in 2019. Due to the effects of the Corona Pandemic, the Earth Overshoot Day 2020 was pushed back by more than three weeks. Now we are experiencing the feared rebound effect, the sudden increase in emissions after the peak of the pandemic