04-08-2021 | 16:09 PM
Earth Overshoot Day 2021
• Earth Overshoot Day 2021 was observed on July 29, almost a month earlier than the year before. It was pushed forward because emissions are on the rise and biodiversity loss is speeding up.
• The date is announced annually by the Global Footprint Network, the global organisation calling for urgent climate action and sustainable consumption.
About Earth Overshoot Day
• Each year, Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we have used all the biological resources that the Earth can renew during the entire year.
• This means humanity has again used up all biological resources that our planet regenerates during the entire year by 29th July, 2021.
• The concept of Earth Overshoot Day was first conceived by Andrew Simms of the UK think tank New Economics Foundation, which partnered with Global Footprint Network in 2006 to launch the first global Earth Overshoot Day campaign.
• Earth Overshoot Day is computed by dividing the planet’s bio capacity (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.
DO YOU KNOW?: Ecological Footprint is a metric that comprehensively compares human demand on nature against nature’s capacity to regenerate.
