(Wikipedia)
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), previously known as Ecological Debt Day (EDD), is the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by dividing the world biocapacity (the amount of natural resources generated by Earth that year), by the world ecological footprint (humanity's consumption of Earth's natural resources for that year), and multiplying by 365, the number of days in one Gregorian common calendar year:
Progression of the dates of Earth Overshoot Day
When viewed through an economic perspective, EOD represents the day in which humanity enters an ecological deficit spending. In ecology the term Earth Overshoot Day illustrates the level by which human population overshoots its environment. In 2019, Earth Overshoot Day is on July 29.[2]
Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network and is a campaign supported by dozens of other nonprofit organizations.[3] Information about Global Footprint Network's calculations[4] and national Ecological Footprints[5] are available online.
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"The fact that has shocked me the most is the Overshoot Day: By July 29th, we used up all the regenerative resources of 2019. From July 30 we started to consume more resources than the planet can regenerate in a year. It's very serious. It's a global emergency."
POPE FRANCIS
La Stampa, August 9, 2019
(www.overshootday.org)
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Notes
- ^ "Past Earth Overshoot Days". Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "Past Earth Overshoot Days". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ a b c "About Earth Overshoot Day". Global Footprint Network. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ "Ecological Footprint: data and accounting methodology".
- ^ "Biocapacity and Ecological Footprint: open data platform".
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