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Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) is the calculated calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year. In 2026, it falls on July 30. The term "overshoot" represents the level by which human population's demand overshoots the sustainable amount of biological resources regenerated on Earth. When viewed through an economic perspective, the annual Earth Overshoot Day represents the day by which the planet's annual regenerative budget is spent, and humanity enters environmental deficit spending. Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by dividing the world biocapacity, by the world ecological footprint, and multiplying by 365, the number of days in a year:

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