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The former Managing Director of CDP Europe eyes deeper engagement with policy makers, corporate decision makers and financial markets to help accelerate sustainability and climate action across the board. GENEVA,... More ›
April 26, 2021 (Oakland, CA) – In 2017, 72% of people around the world lived in countries with both natural resource deficits and below world-average income, according to a new... More ›
funded by Italy, March 9th, 2021 – Foodnected, a new project designed to promote the transition to sustainable and fair food systems in the Mediterranean region,... More ›
Blog
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photo credit: UN Biodiversity All five mechanisms that drive down biodiversity are symptoms of ecological overshoot (see also the adjacent blue box). Overshoot is caused by the human economy’s demand... More ›
“We’ll know we’ve succeeded when we’ve made our work obsolete,” says Global Footprint Network’s new CEO. Read on as we take a deep dive into his thoughts on addressing humanity’s... More ›
What does the Stockholm syndrome have to do with resource security? Read on! 50 years ago, from June 5–16, 1972, the United Nations held its largest ever gathering on development... More ›
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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...
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The World Economic Forum convened its 53rd Annual Meeting in January to reaffirm the value and imperative of dialogue and public-private cooperation, not only to navigate the current cascading crises... More ›
The world population surpassed 8 billion in November, according to an estimate by the United Nations. The evolution of human civilization has been the driving growth of the global population.... More ›
Mathis Wackernagel ist ein Schweizer Vordenker im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit. Er ist Präsident der Organisation «Global Footprint Network», einer internationalen Forschungsgruppe... More ›
Der große Durchbruch blieb aus. Beschlossen wurde ein Entschädigungsfonds für ärmere Länder, die von den Folgen der Erderwärmung besonders betroffen... More ›
Laut Schätzungen der Vereinten Nationen wird die Weltbevölkerung am 15. November auf über acht Milliarden Menschen anwachsen. Was bedeutet das... More ›
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Join us in celebrating the UN International Day of Education! Since the 1972 UN Stockholm Conference, education has been recognized as key in fostering environmental protection and has played... More ›
Plus, exciting Food Platform news, moving Earth Overshoot Day with circular businesses, & why you don’t need to reduce your Footprint Ecological Footprinting for biodiversity health Many countries at the... More ›
Highlighting a few of our many 2022 accomplishments and sharing something BIG to look forward to in 2023! Dear Friend, Relieved as we may have been to emerge from the... More ›
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