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Press Releases

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Blog

Read stories about how Ecological Footprint data is being used around the world.

Nobel Sustainability Award Ceremony

Global Footprint Network co-founder Dr. Mathis Wackernagel received this year’s Sustainability Award at the Nobel Sustainability Trust‘s 2024 Summit at the University of California, Berkeley. You can see more about the...   More ›

What would it take to halt biodiversity loss?

On the tail of the recent biodiversity conference, COP16 in Calí, Colombia, Global Footprint Network and European Topic Center on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (ETC BE) are excited to announce...   More ›

Events

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Featured event

EVENT: How ecological overshoot is shifting economic rules

Overshoot is humanity’s second largest risk in the 21st century. This event will explore the options that we have once we accept our context. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. In 2022, Earth Overshoot Day fell on Thursday 28 July. Human demand on nature can be... View Full event

Media Coverage

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