It's always about winning! According to the Global Footprint Network, an international research institute, the “day of passing the Earth”, which marks the day when humanity has consumed all the resources that ecosystems can produce in a year, should fall on August 22, 2020 , three weeks later than in 2019.
This decrease is explained by the containment measures that have been implemented around the world in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a “historic reversal” from the long-term trend of increasing the global ecological footprint. In 2020, the equivalent of 1.6 planets to satisfy our needs, whether it be drinking, eating, heating or moving.
Global warming: May 2020 the hottest ever recorded on the planet https://t.co/24s9l6rMh5 via @ 20minutesplanet pic.twitter.com/1mKWE2B7RV
- 20 Minutes Planet (@ 20minutesplanet) June 5, 2020This date is calculated using more United Nations data and other indicators. The Global Footprint Network plans to decrease its carbon footprint by 14.5% this year due to the drop in energy consumption (9.5% over the period from January 1 to the "day of overshoot" compared to 2019). In 2020, it will take the equivalent of 1.6 planet to satisfy all our needs according to the institute.
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Global warming: May 2020 the hottest ever recorded on the planet
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