By David Lin, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, Global Footprint Network This is part of the Ecobytes series where we explore interesting topics from Ecological Footprint and biocapacity data. Future installments will cover a wide range of topics. This first blog,...
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Qual è il significato dell’Overshoot day, e come viene calcolata la sua cadenza annuale? «L’Earth Overshoot day, o in italiano il giorno del sovrasfruttamento della Terra, viene calcolato a partire dai dati dell’impronta ecologica e della biocapacità delle nazioni del...
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By Mathis Wackernagel, Global Footprint Network In the third installment of our ongoing series “Three Decades & Counting: Insights from successes and failures in 30+ years of communicating about sustainability,” Mathis Wackernagel discusses the importance of making human wellbeing and...
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In Sri Lanka, currently, we have a precious window of opportunity to choose an economic path that is either sustainable or one that deviates us from true success. Sustainable development in simple terms means socio-economic development for all within the possibilities...
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by Mathis Wackernagel, Co-Founder and President In the second installment of our ongoing series “Three Decades & Counting: Insights from successes and failures in 30+ years of communicating about sustainability,” Mathis Wackernagel explores the perceptions and misperceptions of climate action...
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April 26, 2021 (Oakland, CA) – Latest data show that 72% of people around the world live in countries with both natural resource deficits and below world-average income, according to a new study led by Global Footprint Network president Mathis...
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Nearly three-quarters of all people live in nations where the average income is below the global mean and natural resource extraction is outpacing regeneration, new research shows. The study, published in Nature Sustainability on Monday, comes from the same researchers who measure Earth’s annual...
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72% of the world population live in countries faced with a precarious situation. These countries both (1) run a biological resource deficit (where demand for biological resources exceeds regeneration) and (2) generate less than world-average income, limiting their ability to...
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Watch the event recording On 28, 29 and 30 April, Eurocities will host discussions about what it means to transition to a healthy and thriving city for all, explore case studies, and analyze how we can achieve the status of...
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Learning from our Successes and Failures – and from YOU! by Mathis Wackernagel, Co-Founder and President There is ever more indication that the current narratives around sustainability, climate, and resource use have not succeeded in winning people’s hearts and minds....
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