Human consumption of the Earth's resources declined in 2020

Covid-19 led to 9.3% reduction in humanity's ecological footprint compared with same period last year

The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth's resources declined sharply this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers.

Consequently, Earth Overshoot Day, the point at which human consumption exceeds the amount nature can regenerate in a year, has moved back by over three weeks from 29 July in 2019 to 22 August this year.