‘Overshoot day’: humans surpass what Earth can produce in a year

Demonstrators hold placards and banners as they take part in a protest march arriving in London, on July 23, 2022 to demand action over the cost of living crisis and the climate change crisis. © Niklas Halle'n, AFP

Mankind marks a dubious milestone Thursday, the day by which humanity has consumed all Earth can sustainably produce for this year, with NGOS warning the rest of 2022 will be lived in resource deficit. 

The date — dubbed "Earth Overshoot Day" — marks a tipping point when people have used up "all that ecosystems can regenerate in one year", according to the Global Footprint Network and WWF.