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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 ceremony here. He was recognized for his leadership in implementing sustainability... Read More

Nobel Sustainability Trust

The  Nobel Sustainability Trust presented its 2024 “Sustainability Award for leadership in implementation” to Mathis Wackernagel on November 20, 2024. The Laudatio elaborates on their selection. Details of the celebration are provided here.   Read 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 their new publication “Exploring the societal factors enabling to halt... Read More

Colombian Parliament Honors Mathis Wackernagel

On October 23, 2024, in the context of COP16, the UN biodiversity conference held in Calí, Colombia, Mathis Wackernagel was honored by the Colombian Congress with the “Gran Cruz con Placa de Oro” on recommendation of the honorable representative Julia Miranda.... Read More

Colombian Parliament honors Dr. Mathis Wackernagel

The parliament of Colombia honored Mathis Wackernagel with the “Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar” (Colombian House of Representatives, October 2, 2024) and the Gran Cruz con Placa de Oro” (Colombian Congress, October 16, 2024).     Read More

Earth Overshoot Day 2024 approaching

This year’s Earth Overshoot Day falls on August 1st: Humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to our calculations, building on the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, now maintained by York University under the governance... Read More

Fondazione Geoknowledge

Fondazione Geoknowledge honored Mathis Wackernagel with the  “Premio Mondo d’Oro” in Rome, Italy, on May 7, 2024.   Read More

TUSKER CLUB: Fostering a Fair Debate on Sustainability

Tusker Club – Your experience making the case for sustainability has led you to work with governments, the private sector, and now civil society. What do you take away from this unique exposure? Steven Tebbe – In many instances, I... Read More