The rising world population plus consumerism are pushing our planet into 'ecological debt' earlier than usual.

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NEF experts call on humanity to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle to prevent poverty and future environmental disasters.
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The New Economic Fund experts (NEF) in the UK have made such a judgment after comparing the amount of food, energy and other resources that people consume every year with natural reserves that can be supplied. does not threaten the resilience of critical ecosystems such as oceans and tropical forests.

The results show that this year, the time when we start to "capitalize" nature, or "Earth Day overload" (when human resources consume more than the resources that Earth has recreated) falls on August 21, a month earlier than last year (September 23).

Warning of this situation, Andrew Simms, NEF Policy Director, said people in developing countries like China are using more meat and increasingly need to use cars and pepper products. much more energy. Meanwhile, despite developing many green technologies and saving energy, rich countries also use more resources because of the need to use the latest technology, eat the best dishes or run the most modern cars. According to Simms, if there is no restriction on exploiting the Earth's resources, the risk of fuel prices continues to 'dance' and the situation of climate change is exacerbated.