The 30th of July 2026 is Earth Overshoot Day: the exact date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in this entire calendar year. For Australia, the overshoot date was even earlier, on 29 March, indicating how much our affluent lifestyle (including fossil fuel use) is draining global
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On Earth Overshoot Day, Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is urging national and global leaders to confront the unsustainable pace of population growth – a primary but often neglected driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global inequality. Earth Overshoot Day signifies the point in the year when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and
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Globally, humans are using resources much faster than Planet Earth can replace them and the situation is much worse in Australia. Earth Overshoot Day is the day on which the Earth’s resources for that year have been expended and after that day we are eating into our children’s future. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) advises
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