Humankind marks a dubious milestone Thursday, the day by which humanity has consumed all Earth can produce for this year, with NGOs warning the rest of 2022.
According to the Global Footprint Network and WWF, "Earth Overshoot Day" is a tipping point when people have used up all the resources they can.
Humans have used as much from nature as the planet can sustain in a year. The president of the Global Footprint Network stated that July 28 is Earth Overshoot Day.
We can deplete Earth for a while but we can't use it forever. We can spend more than we make until we're broke.
According to the measure, it would take 1.75 Earths to provide for the world's population in a sustainable way.
Earth Overshoot Day has fallen earlier over the last 50 years.
The date was moved back three weeks due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
It is not evenly spread. The date would have fallen earlier if everyone lived in America.
The food production system's ecological footprint is pointed out by two NGOs.
More than half of the planet's bio capacity is used to feed humans.
Pierre Cannet of WWF France said that a lot of the food and raw materials are used to feed animals.
He said that 63 percent of arable land in the EU is related to animal production.
The NGOs said that agriculture contributes to climate change by emitting greenhouse gases and using a significant share of fresh water.
Reducing meat consumption in rich countries is advocated by scientists.
The date of the overshoot could be moved by 17 days if we reduced meat consumption by half.
She said limiting food waste would push the date back by 13 days.
Agence France- Presse.
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