Earth Overshoot Day 2024 Japan. Geneva, switzerland — august 1 st marks earth overshoot day, the date when humanity has used up nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to global footprint. Japan alone is consuming resources equivalent to 6.6.
Learn about earth overshoot day, why it falls on august 1st in 2024, and its significance in highlighting our unsustainable consumption patterns. Today marks the day when humanity’s resource consumption exceeds the earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources.