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More than 650 million media impressions – that was theunexpectedly large impact that the EU EcologicalFootprint report, produced in partnership with WWF andpublished on the eve of the EU’s Overshoot Day, May10, generated as the campaign for the Europeanelections was in full swing. May 10, 2019, marked thedate by which humanity would have exhausted nature’sannual budget if all people lived like EU residents. Thismeans that 2.8 Earths would be needed to provide forthis level of consumption. AND we can make oureconomies one-planet compatible. In fact, the reportcalls for this transformation. READ THE REPORT

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Portugal’s Cities Footprint project, now in its secondyear, reached a landmark this month as the FootprintCalculators of six cities were unveiled to the public.They are calibrated with the specific data collected fromtheir respective municipality during the first year of theproject. Residents can use their city’s Calculator toassess their household’s use of natural resources andcompare it with the city average. The first public eventwas organized in Guimarães with a 3-hour workshop socitizens could learn how to use the tool and todisseminate it as widely as possible throughout the localcommunity. READ MORE

Here's the highlights and a short 2’33’’ video recap. Allthe detailed country results are available on ourFootprint Explorer. You can also download the PublicData Package, which contains various sortable sheetswith over 10,000 data points. Note this is the first editionof the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accountsproduced in collaboration with York University. Finally, inorder to celebrate the launch of our new data edition, onApril 24, it was our honor to bring together fouroutstanding sustainability leaders from the public andprivate sectors, as well as civil society, to discussSOLUTIONS to #MoveTheDate. We cut the YouTubeLivestream in bitesize segments so you can easilybrowse through their conversation with moderatorLaurel Hanscom, Global Footprint Network CEO.WATCH VIDEO

City Footprint Calculators are launching in Portugal

National Footprint & Biocapacity Accounts 2019 are out!




You may have heard of the biodiversity report justreleased by IPBES warning about one million species atrisk of extinction. The Intergovernmental Science-PolicyPlatform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services(IPBES), an independent intergovernmental bodyestablished in 2012, has added Ecological Footprint andbiocapacity metrics to its list of Core Indicators. Itsrecent reports for Europe and Central Asia, Asia and thePacific, Africa, and the Americas, all include EcologicalFootprint and biocapacity trends in both the fulldocument and the summary for policy makers. UsingFootprint data, IPBES recognizes as a scientifically “wellestablished” trend that countries with an ecologicaldeficit put tremendous pressure on resource securityand biodiversity outside of their borders.

This question may become commonplace if the Desti-MED initiative in 13 protected areas in theMediterranean region grows into the new standard forassessing tourism options. After all, more and morevacationers care about reducing their Footprint whileenjoying a destination. A summary of the first pilot tests,featuring ecotourism packages in Spain, Italy, Croatia,and Greece that implemented recommendationsgenerated from Ecological Footprint insights, is nowavailable. CHECK IT OUT!

IPBES adopts Ecological Footprint as a Core Indicator

What is the Ecological Footprint of my summer vacation?




Resource security enables lasting human development.Yet current development is eroding this very resourcebase. As explained in our new research paper publishedin the journal Sustainability, the pervasive depletion ofthe biosphere is barely registering financially for high-income urbanites. Those communities and their decisionmakers lack meaningful feedback loops that could helpcorrect the situation. Meanwhile, low-income countrieswith biocapacity deficits are caught in the “ecologicalpoverty trap:” not only do they lack the natural resourcesbut they also do not have the purchasing power to buyadditional resources. For poverty eradication and SDGsto succeed, resource security needs primary attention.The paper shows how this is possible and why it isbeneficial. READ MORE

Resource accounting is essential in order to avoidecological bankruptcy. Explore why it is necessary – andhow – to become one-planet compatible in theupcoming Ecological Footprint book. The book is basedon the newest data from the 2019 edition of the NationalFootprint and Biocapacity Accounts and is packed withaccessible explanations and examples. Like the firstbook, published 25 years ago, this one is illustrated byPhil Testemale.

Can countries escape the biological resource trap? An Ecological Footprint perspective

Pre-order the new Ecological Footprint Book by Mathis Wackernagel and Bert Beyers




Can you read German? A six-page interview with GlobalFootprint Network’s own founder and President is one ofthe main feature articles in this month’s issue ofAustria’s glamorous lifestyle magazine. Don’t believeus? Just click here to see who graces the cover thenscroll down to page 80 to find the full article.

Last but not least…Austria’s OOOM Magazine features Mathis Wackernagel




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