Rare Reversal Of Earth Overshoot Day

• 25 Aug 2020

• Earth Overshoot Day 2020 was observed on August 22, 2020.
• Earth Overshoot Day is the date when the demands of biological resources and services of the year by humanity exceeds the generation capacity of Earth in that year.
• The first Global Earth Overshoot Day campaign was launched in 2006.
• Compared to 2019 ( which was July 29), the 2020 Earth Overshoot Day was postponed by three weeks to August 22 due to the rare reversal after the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic which caused a temporary decline in the carbon emission and wood harvesting and reduced humanity’s footprint by 9.3 percent.