Global Footprint Network
{{Short description|Ecological organization}}
File:World map of countries by ecological deficit (2013).svgs) minus its ecological footprint per person (also in global hectares). Data from 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://data.footprintnetwork.org |title=Open Data Platform |website=data.footprintnetwork.org |date= |access-date=2018-03-30}}
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The Global Footprint Network was founded in 2003 and is an independent think tank originally based in the United States, Belgium and Switzerland. It was established as a charitable not-for-profit organization in each of those three countries. Its aim is to develop and promote tools for advancing sustainability, including the ecological footprint and biocapacity, which measure the amount of resources we use and how much we have. These tools aim at bringing ecological limits to the center of decision-making.
Work
Global Footprint Network's goal is to create a future where all humans can live well, within the means of one planet Earth. The organization is headquartered in Oakland, California. The Network brings together over 70 partner organizations,{{Cite web |title=Partner Network - Global Footprint Network |url=https://www.footprintnetwork.org/about-us/partner-network/ |access-date=2022-01-24 |website=www.footprintnetwork.org}} including WWF International, ICLEI, Bank Sarasin, The Pictet Group, the New Economics Foundation, Pronatura México, and the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi.
= National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts =
Every year, Global Footprint Network produced a new edition{{Cite web |url=https://data.world/footprint/nfa-2017-edition |title=NFA 2017 Edition - dataset by footprint |website=data.world |date= |access-date=2024-04-04}} of its National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, which calculate Ecological Footprint and biocapacity of more than 200 countries and territories from 1961 to the present. Based on up to 15,000 data points per country per year, these data have been used to influence policy in more than a dozen countries, including Ecuador, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. Since 2019, the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts are produced in collaboration between Global Footprint Network, York University,{{Cite web |title=The Ecological Footprint Initiative |url=https://footprint.info.yorku.ca/ |access-date=2022-01-24 |website=footprint.info.yorku.ca}} and Footprint Data Foundation.{{Cite web |title=FoDaFo wants a future where all can thrive within the means of our one Earth.|url=https://www.fodafo.org/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.fodafo.org}}
The 2022 Edition of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts cover 1961-2018 (latest UN data available), and incorporate data from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Comtrade database, the International Energy Agency, and over 20 other sources.{{Cite web |url=https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/data/ |title=Data and Methodology - Global Footprint Network |website=www.footprintnetwork.org |date= |access-date=2024-04-04}}Borucke M, Moore D, Cranston G, Gracey K, Iha K, Larson J, Lazarus E, Morales JC, Wackernagel M, Galli A. 2013. [http://www.footprintnetwork.org/content/images/NFA%20Method%20Paper%202011%20Submitted%20for%20Publication.pdf/ Accounting for demand and supply of the Biosphere's regenerative capacity: the National Footprint Accounts' underlying methodology and framework.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709112054/http://www.footprintnetwork.org/content/images/NFA%20Method%20Paper%202011%20Submitted%20for%20Publication.pdf |date=2017-07-09 }} Ecological Indicators, 24, 518-533.
= Ecological Footprint Explorer =
In April 2017, Global Footprint Network launched the Ecological Footprint Explorer,{{Cite web |title=Open Data Platform |url=https://data.footprintnetwork.org/ |access-date=2022-01-24 |website=data.footprintnetwork.org}} an open data platform for the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts.{{cite news |title=Ecological Footprint Explorer Open Data Platform Launches April 5, 2017 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ecological-footprint-explorer-open-data-platform-launches-april-5-2017-300434721.html |work=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=May 1, 2017 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729215255/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ecological-footprint-explorer-open-data-platform-launches-april-5-2017-300434721.html |url-status=dead }}{{Citation |title=National Footprint Accounts – Ecological Balance Sheets for 180+ Countries |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T5M3MiPfW4 |website=www.youtube.com |language=en |access-date=2022-01-24}} The website provides ecological footprint results for over 200 countries and territories, and encourages researchers, analysts, and decision-makers to visualize and download data.
Earth Overshoot Day
Previously known as Ecological Debt Day, Earth Overshoot Day is the day when humanity has exhausted nature's budget for the year. For the rest of the year, society operates in ecological overshoot by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The first Earth Overshoot Day was December 19, 1987."In the Eco-Red." New Scientist 192.2573 (Oct. 2006): 7. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. In 2014, Earth Overshoot Day was August 19.{{Cite web |title=Earth's resources in "ecological deficit" for rest of 2014 |author-first1=Michael|author-last1=Roppolo|date=19 August 2014|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earths-resources-in-ecological-deficit-for-rest-of-2014-says-group/ |website=CBS News|access-date=2022-01-24 |language=en-US}} The Earth Overshoot Day in 2015 was on August 13{{cite news |title=Today is Earth Overshoot Day and that’s worrying |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/today-is-earth-overshoot-day-and-thats-worrying/article7536031.ece |access-date=4 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=13 August 2015 |language=en-IN}} and on August 8 in 2016.{{cite web |title=We've Already Used Up Earth's Resources For 2016 -- And It's Only August |author-first1=Dominique|author-last1=Mosbergen|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earth-overshoot-day-2016_us_57a4258fe4b056bad2151b49 |website=HuffPost |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en |date=8 August 2016}} In 2017, Earth Overshoot Day landed on August 2, and in 2020 on August 22.
Founding
In 2003, Mathis Wackernagel, PhD, and Susan Burns founded Global Footprint Network, an international think-tank headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices in Geneva and Brussels. Wackernagel received an honorary doctorate in December 2007 from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Leadership
- Co-founder & President: Dr. Mathis Wackernagel
- Co-founder: Susan Burns
- Chief Executive Officer: Laurel Hanscom
- Chief Science Officer: Dr. David Lin
- Director, Marketing & Communications: Amanda Diep
- Director, Mediterranean and MENA Regions: Dr. Alessandro Galli
- Board Chair: Keith Tuffley
- Honorary Chair: Swiss entrepreneur and investor André Hoffmann
Awards and honours
- World Sustainability Award 2018{{Cite web |title=About Us - Global Footprint Network |url=https://www.footprintnetwork.org/about-us/ |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=www.footprintnetwork.org}}
- International Association for Impact Assessment's Global Environment Award 2015
- RECYCLAPOLIS National Sustainability Award 2015
- ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame Inductees Susan Burns and Mathis Wackernagel 2014
- Prix Nature Swisscanto 2013
- Global Footprint Network was recognized as one of the top 100 NGOs worldwide by the Global Journal in 2012 and 2013.{{Cite web |title=#97 - Global Footprint Network {{!}} The Global Journal |url=https://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/494/ |access-date=2022-01-24 |website=theglobaljournal.net}}{{cite web |title=Special Feature: The Top 100 NGOs 2013 Edition {{!}} The Global Journal |url=http://theglobaljournal.net/group/15-top-100-ngos-2013/article/986/ |website=theglobaljournal.net |access-date=4 April 2024}}
- Blue Planet Prize 2012{{Cite web |title=About the Blue Planet Prize {{!}} Blue Planet Prize |url=https://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/list.html |access-date=2022-01-24 |website=The Asahi Glass Foundation |language=en}}
- Boulding Award 2012{{Cite web |date=2012-01-26 |title=ISEE 2012 in RIO |url=https://www.isecoeco.org/isee-2012-in-rio/ |access-date=2022-01-24|website=The International Society for Ecological Economics |language=en-US}}
- Binding Prize 2012{{cite web |title=Willkommen bei der Binding Stiftung ... |url=http://www.binding.li/html/home.html |website=www.binding.li |lang=de |access-date=2024-04-04}}
See also
References and further reading
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.footprintnetwork.org/|Global Footprint Network official website}}
- {{Official website|http://data.footprintnetwork.org/|Global Footprint Network's Ecological Footprint Explorer}}
- {{Official website|http://www.overshootday.org/|Earth Overshoot Day official website}}
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