On July 29, the planet’s World Overcapacity Day was celebrated around the world. The news has not been anything flattering since, as reported by NGOs and associations such as WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) the inhabitants of the Earth have already consumed what we should consume in a year.
According to the NGO leaders themselves, the truce that the planet suffered due to the pandemic has already been left behind, and we are back at pre-COVID levels.
«The truce that the pandemic offered during 2020 has ended. We return to the limits of unsustainability of 2019, demanding the resources that 1.7 planets Earth would offer », they warn from WWF itself that they see how the planet remains in unbearable overcapacity limits in the medium and long term.
Overcapacity overwhelmed
The model that has been implemented after the pandemic has changed course and again the strongest economies have begun to resume activity, has returned to being that of the last 70 years, therefore, the Earth is back in extreme risk.
July 29 was marked as the day when the planet’s resources, which were to be consumed in 365 days, would have already been exhausted, for the remainder of the year, the planet will be subjected to an overflow of resources.
That day was calculated, thanks to the Global Footprint Network, which analyzed two specific parameters: the planet’s biocapacity and the ecological footprint (demand for resources) of the Earth’s inhabitants.
Our oceans, our rivers, our planet, and our health are all in critical danger 👇 👇
It’s crucial that we all step up for nature – and we need to do it now: https://t.co/84J08btL66 #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/LMLTz2OdQ2
— WWF (@WWF) July 30, 2021
According to this, Spain exhausted its resources on May 25, just five months after starting the year. “In economic terms, it would be like depleting the available balance and going into the red,” explains WWF . Spain exhausted the annual ecological budget on May 25. If the whole world consumed at the rate of our country, 2.5 planets would be necessary », they explain from WWF with a clear call to generate much more sustainable policies and systems for future generations.
In 2020, the pandemic caused a considerable decrease in CO2 emissions, but it is estimated that in the last months of the year and in these first months of 2021, the ecological footprint has increased to 6.6%, helped by the effect of the deforestation and systematic degradation of the Amazon.
