Ecological Debtor

This post is more focused on the ecological debt that is accumulated by nations who outstrip their biocapacity. Sometimes it is important and impactful to see things more than once and in different formats.Between the last few posts you will be able to find graphics like the one above showing the ecological debt that has been accruing since the 1980s and how the ecological footprint has been growing over the last 5 decades. Below I have added a graphic from the WWF about possibly reversing the overshoot. They also provide three scenarios: Moderate business as usual scenario (YIKES!); Slow shift scenario; and Rapid reduction scenario that are interesting to check out!Here is a link from the WWF to a report about EU countries living beyond their ecological means. On this page they als have links to some of their reports from 2007 which they compared to data collected at times between 1971-2007.

You can find the ecological footprints for a number of countries here. I have included a graphic for the debtor US below.

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