By the July 28 deadline, for the year 2022 humanity has used up all the resources that the planet could naturally replace in a year. Given current consumption, the world population actually needs 1.75 earths. Federal Development Minister Schulze (SPD) stressed that industrialized countries in particular were part of the problem. Europe, for example, should no longer allow itself to cause environmental destruction and human rights abuses in other parts of the world through consumption, the SPD politician said.
Germany consumes significantly more resources
Who counted Earth Overshoot Days?
How can resources be used more efficiently?
– Halving global food waste will push World Work Day back by 13 days.
– A worldwide bicycle infrastructure at its current level in the Netherlands could delay World Overshoot Day by nine more days.
– Wind power plants such as in Denmark and Germany can postpone World Overshoot Day by up to 10 days.
However, overall and from a global perspective, much broader and broader measures will be required for the tally to add up at the end of each year.
This message was broadcast on Deutschlandfunk on July 28, 2022.
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