Overview
- Earth Overshoot Day 2025 falls on July 24, eight days earlier than in 2024 and marking the earliest breach of the planet’s annual resource budget since 1970.
- Humanity is consuming natural resources at a rate 80% faster than ecosystems can regenerate, equivalent to needing 1.8 Earths to sustain current consumption levels.
- Following Overshoot Day, the planet effectively operates on ecological credit for the remaining five months of the year.
- Country-specific overshoot dates highlight stark disparities: Qatar reached its threshold on February 6, Luxembourg on February 17 and France on April 19.
- The Global Footprint Network and experts call for immediate policy changes and shifts in consumer behaviour to bring resource use back within Earth’s biocapacity.