Planet Earth: We Overshot Our Shot
Author: Divya Kasarabada Earth Overshoot Day marks the day we use up all the resources the Earth can renew during the year. The faster we use up our resources, the earlier Earth Overshoot Day is. In 2022 levels of deforestation, fishing, farming, and burning of fossil fuels are increasing at an unprecedented level, bringing Earth Overshoot Day sooner in the year. Since the industrial revolution, our global political economy has eaten up resources at an escalating speed, mostl