"I agree with you that we need to further develop indicators that reflect the state of and pressure on the environment and get them more widely accepted and used. We need to enrich the somewhat reductive picture provided by exclusive reliance on the GDP as the main indicator to guide policy choices. The European Commission and DG Environment therefore supports the work on the Ecological Footprint you are leading.The Ecological Footprint is considered as one of the indicators to measure progress towards the objectives of [the Commission's Thematic Strategy on sustainable use of resources]."

Catherine Day, Director-General, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission, in a letter to Mathis Wackernagel, Executive Director of Global Footprint Network

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