Highlights 2016
Top Media Outlets
- Les Echos: Ressources de la planète : dès lundi, l’humanité vivra à crédit
- Le Monde: Sols, forêts, poissons… A partir de lundi, l’humanité vivra à crédit
- Le Monde: Le « jour du dépassement de la Terre » en infographies
- The Guardian: We are in ecological overshoot. Industrial strategy can provide a way out
- Thomson Reuters: Earth Overshoot Day: No winners in the race for natural resources
- L’osservatore Romano (Vatican News): È ora di scegliere tra collasso e stabilità: Già consumate le risorse annuali della Terra
- Deutsche Welle: Earth Overshoot Day: Living beyond our means
- Deutsche Welle: The Earth is exhausted!
- Kronen Zeitung: Welterschöpfungstag: Österreicher prassen auf Kosten der Erde
- The Hindu: Walking into an ecological wilderness
- The Hindu: The world has already finished off this year’s quota of natural resources
- Fast Company: We’ve Used Up The World’s Resources For The Year And There Are Still 145 Days Left
- O Globo: Humanidade começa a viver em saldo negativo com planeta nesta segunda
- National Geographic: Earth Overshoot Day Arrives Earlier Than Ever
Additional Coverage By Country
ARGENTINA
- Los Andes: La humanidad vive “a crédito” desde mañana
AUSTRALIA
BANGLADESH
- Prothom Alo: Nature’s 2016 resource ‘budget’ already used up
BELGIUM
- Degroof Petercam: Earth Overshoot Day – ever earlier
BRAZIL
CANADA
- Cantech Letter: Earth Overshoot Day, the day we surpass sustainable resource consumption, arrives early
- eTurboNews: Global Footprint Network: Earth’s resources depleted for 2016
COLOMBIA
- El Espectador: La humanidad vivirá “a crédito” a partir del lunes
COSTA RICA
- Ojo Al Clima: A partir de hoy, el mundo está ecológicamente endeudado
DENMARK
FRANCE
- L’Agence France-Presse: Ressources de la planète: l’humanité vivra à crédit à partir de lundi
- AFP: Ressources de la planète: l’humanité vivra à crédit à partir de lundi
GERMANY
- TAZ: Ingenieur über World Overshoot Day – „Die Deutschen sind viel zu langsam“
- NDR 2 Spezial: Konsumieren auf Kosten der Zukunft
- Brot für die Welt: Das Konto ist überzogen
- Einfach Zero Waste leben!: Earth Overshoot Day – 8. August 2016
INDIA
IRELAND
- Irish Examiner: Earth overshoot day: Earth’s resources for year used in less than eight months
- Silicon Republic: 8 August 2016 is the earliest Earth Overshoot Day ever
ITALY
KENYA
SOUTH KOREA
LUXEMBOURG
THE NETHERLANDS
- VRT Nieuws: Morgen overschrijden we draagkracht van de aarde voor dit jaar
- National Geographic: Earth Overshoot Day opnieuw vroeger dan ooit
NEW ZEALAND
- New Zealand Herald: Humans pushing the planet deeper into ‘ecological debt’
PAKISTAN
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Khaleej Times: At this rate, we’d need two earths!
UNITED KINGDOM
- The Independent: Mankind has eaten into its year’s supply of natural resources – in just seven months
- I Freaking Love Science: We Have Already Used Up This Year’s Supply Of Natural Resources
- Engineering and Technology Magazine: Global resources for 2016 used up; world now living on eco credit
UNITED STATES
- Business Insider: Humanity just used up Earth’s entire 2016 ‘budget’
- GRIST: This downer of a holiday keeps getting earlier every year
- Medium.com: It Takes Two to Save the Earth
VENEZUELA