This year’s Earth Overshoot Day was observed July 28, a day before it was celebrated last year July 29 and nearly a month earlier than it was celebrated in 2020 August 22.
The day, hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international research organisation, falls earlier every year, to indicate that humanity’s demand for natural resources exceeds what the Earth can provide.
Moving the date of exhaustion communicates to the world that the time to act and save the planet is running out.
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Source: National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, 2022 Edition
The Global Footprint Network said on the occasion that “the greatest potential for large-scale change lies with governments and businesses when they align their policies and
— source downtoearth.org.in | Seema Prasad | 28 Jul 2022