Earth Overshoot Day 2024 Italian Embassy. Earth overshoot day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. Today, august 1st, is earth overshoot day for 2024.

Learn about earth overshoot day, why it falls on august 1st in 2024, and its significance in highlighting our unsustainable consumption patterns. In 2017, earth overshoot day fell on august 2, so a personal overshoot day prior to august 2 means that the user’s demand on nature is above the global average.