Human consumption of the Earth's resources declined in 2020
Source: The Guardian, Date: , 2020
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.