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Overshoot Day: the Countdown of the Planet

Summary by Ambientum Portal Lider Medioambiente
The planet faces a countdown that accelerates every year: the Overshoot Day, known as the Earth’s Overcapacity Day. This symbolic date, calculated by the Global Footprint Network, marks the exact moment when humanity has consumed all the natural resources that the planet is able to regenerate in an annual cycle. Overcoming this threshold means that, from that day on, we live on credit from the natural reserves of the future, extracting more than…
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The planet faces a countdown that accelerates every year: the Overshoot Day, known as the Earth’s Overcapacity Day. This symbolic date, calculated by the Global Footprint Network, marks the exact moment when humanity has consumed all the natural resources that the planet is able to regenerate in an annual cycle. Overcoming this threshold means that, from that day on, we live on credit from the natural reserves of the future, extracting more than…

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Ambientum Portal Lider Medioambiente broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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