By 24 July 2025, humanity will have used more from nature than Earth can regenerate in the entire year. That means as a whole, humanity is living as if we had 1.8 Earths and pushing well past nature’s limits.
Get ready for Earth Overshoot Day and join this one-hour conversation with sustainability leaders from around the world:
Paul Shrivastava, Co-President, The Club of Rome, the US
Silvia Zimmermann del Castillo, Co-President, The Club of Rome, Argentina
Mathis Wackernagel, Founder, Global Footprint Network, Switzerland and the US
Giulia Lombardo Pijola, Food Systems Sustainability Advocate and President, Area Europa, Italy
Lewis Akenji, Executive Director, Hot or Cool Institute, Cameroon and Germany
They will explore what overshoot means, why it matters and how it impacts everything from economies to ecosystems and food to materials.
Each speaker brings their unique perspective and expertise. They will unpack implications for regions like South America with its large natural resources advantage and others with significant resource deficits. They will also address food systems, economic strategies, policy opportunities and educational needs to prepare professionals so they can meaningfully respond to this looming risk.
This free event is open to all, and we especially welcome media representatives to support them in covering Earth Overshoot Day.
Earth Overshoot Day is the annual date when humanity will have used up nature’s entire annual budget of our planet’s ecological resources and services, according to the Global Footprint Network, the international sustainability organisation that pioneered the Ecological Footprint, and York University, which is now updating the national Footprint calculations. This year, Earth Overshoot Day arrives 7 days earlier than in 2024.
Click here to learn more about the concept of overshoot.
