Biocapacity

Earth Overshoot Day arrives early with the flow of trade playing a large role

Earth Overshoot Day (July 24) is more than a week early this year, resulting from humanity’s growing ecological footprint, amid trade wars and tariffs playing a potential role in the ecological footprint of Canada

Record-breaking year of consumption leads to Ecological Footprint overshoot

Data generated by researchers at York University’s Ecological Footprint Initiative shows 2023 to be a record-breaking year for humanity’s Ecological Footprint, which is predicted to exceed what the Earth can regenerate this year by tomorrow (August 1) – Earth Overshoot Day.

Canada’s ecological footprint declined during COVID-19, but is it back to pre-pandemic levels?

What is the size of Canada’s ecological footprint, and that of the rest of the world, and how did that change during the global pandemic? Researchers at York University will release the Ecological Footprint of Canada, and 200 other countries, from 1961 to 2022, at an online launch on Thursday, April 20, from 1 to 2 p.m.