The date—dubbed "Earth Overshoot Day"—marks a tipping point when people have used up "all that ecosystems can regenerate in one year", according to the Global Footprint Network and WWF
In this aerial view a bucket excavator removes top layers of soil and sand from former farmland during expansion of the Garzweiler II open-cast lignite coal mine on April 22, 2022 near Erkelenz, Germany. Garzweiler supplies the nearby Neurath coal-fired power station, which, according to data from 2020, is Europe's second biggest emitter of CO2. Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images