Hungary will reach its day of overconsumption in a matter of days
The day of overconsumption falls in Hungary on May 30, 2022, after which Hungarians cause an average ecological deficit to the Earth. The good news is that only we can do it, we choose it.
By the end of May this year, Hungary reached day of overconsumption (~overshoot day – Day of overshoot). This is an estimated indicator that shows when the resources used by Hungary will reach the level that the Earth can reproduce at its level. It is shot on the basis of an average Hungarian ecological footprint and the per capita share of the Earth’s natural resources produced globally in a year.
The indicator warns of a globally accelerating threat, as it is In the 1980s this is still the case for november, and it is really the middle of summer. There are significant differences between countries, for example, this day falls in Qatar in early February, for the first time in, say, Jamaica before Christmas.
If humanity consumes the resources it produces sustainably and more harshly, it indicates a very short political approach, as it carries the risk of increasingly serious economic and environmental disasters on the planet.
The good news is that this is not driven by circumstances outside of us, but solely by human activity. So it is up to us whether we want to mitigate these risks.
Here we can think of the fact that if we plan our cities so that it is not worth going to the toilet by car, we are already much further ahead. Or if we regulate companies so that the environment is a nice marketing tool but an inevitable necessity.
But there are also countless choices for the individual in the developed world: whether we go into the house for a while slower for a while, or say we would be willing to spend on proper insulation, would sweep away the government that would make it more expensive. the flight tickets.