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Switzerland overshoots ecological target

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 06:30

Switzerland overshot its use of natural resources yesterday.

‘Overshoot Day’ is calculated by the Global Footprint Network and uses a mathematical model to determine when a country exhausts its hypothetical resources available within its borders. 

The model shows by the end of the year, this country will have used 2 and a half times the resources available to it. 

The figures are in line with the average energy use of a western European nation. 

Globally, energy use is 1.1 above the planet’s capacity.

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