Like every year since the 1970s, our planet officially exhausted its capacity to produce raw resources this Wednesday, August 2. This symbolic date, called “Overshoot Day”, marks the day on which the demand for raw materials exceeds the Earth’s capacity to produce them. For the first time in four years, this date has moved back slightly this year, reports Sud Ouest.
This indicator, although it remains to be taken with tweezers, once again alerts us to the future of our planet. “Earth Overshoot Day should be moved 19 days a year for the next seven years” to meet the IPCC target of a 43% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from Earth. ‘by 2030.
