(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 05 – It will be July 28th, and anticipates by one day compared to last year, the Earth overshoot day at a global level, the day in which the world will have exhausted the natural resources that the Earth has makes available for this year and we will begin to exploit those of 2023. The calculation was announced today on World Environment Day by the Global Footprint Network an independent think tank, founded in 2003, originally based in the United States, Belgium and in Switzerland as a non-profit charitable organization. According to estimates, humanity lives as if it had 1.75 Earths at its disposal, according to the sutdi center which calculates the ecological footprint of man.
The fact that it is only brought forward by one day compared to last year could bode well for a slowdown, if not a brake, to the overexploitation of land, water, mineral resources, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, wood, and many more. other other products.
This year Italy ran out of natural resources and services available on May 15, a couple of days later than last year. According to the calculations of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, Italy would need 2.7 Earths compared to 5.1 for the United States, 4.5 for Australia and 3.4 for Russia, while according to another calculation Italy it would need 5.3 Italies to meet the demand for nature of its residents, placing itself in second place after Japan with 7.9. In third place is Switzerland with 4.4.
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Source: Ansa
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