According to the organisation’s calculations, the EU has reached the so-called “Planet Overload Day”, the day from which it is consuming on credit the resources it should not use until next year.

Last year, the day on which Europeans had already used up all their resources for the year was on 3 May. On that day, environmental organisations called the situation “unsustainable and irresponsible”.

At the time, more than 300 civil society organisations called on policymakers in an open letter to work towards a climate-neutral and nature-positive economy.

Although the EU represents only 7% of the world’s population, it would take three planets to meet demand if everyone on Earth lived like Europeans, the organisations pointed out.

According to the Global Footprint Network, the first country to run out of resources this year was Qatar, on 6 February. Last year it was also first, but on 11 February. Luxembourg was in second place again, consuming everything on 17 February, and in third place was Singapore, on 26 February.

The United States used up its resources on 13 March, Denmark and Australia on 19 March, the Russian Federation on 6 April and France on 19 April. Spain won”t exhaust its resources until 23 May.

On the other side of the map, of the countries that manage to save more of their resources, Uruguay stands out, as it only exhausts those earmarked for it on 17 December.