We are in the “first overshoot day”

This Monday 8 August, humanity consumed all the resources the planet could renew in a year and will leave on “credit” till 31 December. It’s what the NGO Global Foot print network calculated, revealing that this moment comes earlier each year. For its calculations, Global Footprint takes into consideration carbon imprint, resources consumed for fishing, rearing, crops, construction and water use. An over-consumption equivalent to 1.6 planet per year.

The “Overshoot day”