{"id":22581,"date":"2021-01-19T23:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T23:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/?p=22581"},"modified":"2022-06-09T22:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:06:03","slug":"we-do-not-need-a-pandemic-to-movethedate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/2021\/01\/19\/we-do-not-need-a-pandemic-to-movethedate\/","title":{"rendered":"We do not need a pandemic to #MoveTheDate. International organizations agree."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OAKLAND, CA, USA \u2014 JANUARY 19, 2021 \u2014 <\/strong>UNEP, UNICEF, UNESCO, the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevi\u010dius, Europe\u2019s Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Themis Christophidou, the EU&#8217;s Foreign <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How_many_Earths_2021_EN_small-183x300.png\" alt=\"graphics showing number of Earths we would need if the world's population lived like varying countries\" width=\"371\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How_many_Earths_2021_EN_small-183x300.png 183w, https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How_many_Earths_2021_EN_small.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/>&amp; Security Policy Service, the CEO of the Scottish EPA Terry A\u2019Hearn, UK-based charity Population Matters, the Green Economy Coalition, Slovenia\u2019s In\u0161titut za zdravje in okolje, Germany\u2019s Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, American youth NGO Turning Green, as well as energy leader Schneider Electric and other entities and individuals, have been responding on social media to the appeal by Global Footprint Network, published on January 1st, to grow the momentum to implement solutions that #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day by design, bringing human activity in balance with nature while addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile global agreements can powerfully support humanity\u2019s progress towards a sustainable future, we cannot afford to wait before we take action, one city, one country, one company, one entity, one individual at a time. All of us are called to shaking off the status quo, letting our imaginations soar, embracing possibilities, and championing innovation in all shapes and forms. Ultimately, a constellation of life-sustaining actions is what is needed in order to #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day intentionally and by design, in 2021 and each year that follows,\u201d Global Footprint Network stated. Full text available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/appeal-2021\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed a \u201csuper year\u201d because of the multiple UN summits which are slated to take place on biodiversity (CBD COP15), climate change (UNFCCC COP26), and desertification (UNCCD COP15), 2021 got off to a sobering tone at the One Summit Planet in Paris last week. \u201cNot one of the goals set in the Aichi Declaration on biodiversity was achieved over the past decade and we must contemplate that failure,\u201d France\u2019s president and conference host Emmanuel Macron said.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Global Footprint Network urges all decision makers to consider this essential lesson which COVID-19 taught us: for all its technological advances, humanity is not immune to the impacts of overusing natural ecosystems, damaging wildlife, and compromising the biosphere. We are not separate from nature \u2013 we cannot be healthy on an unhealthy planet. Neither are we separate from one another. We are one biology on one Earth. No effective path to a sustainable future can be found outside of reckoning our one-planet context and transforming the economic structure that generates as much global demand on nature as if we lived on 1.7 planets, according to National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts 2020 data.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nResources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data.footprintnetwork.org\/\">data.footprintnetwork.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/appeal-2021\">www.overshootday.org\/appeal-2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Global Footprint Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global Footprint Network is an international sustainability organization that is helping the world live within the Earth\u2019s means and respond to climate change.\u00a0Since 2003 we\u2019ve engaged with more than 60 countries, 40 cities, and 70 global partners to deliver scientific insights that have driven high-impact policy and investment decisions. Together, we\u2019re creating a future where all of us can thrive within the limits of our one planet. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/?__hstc=207509324.7f0e45a3ce09d795a84d134f034f578f.1582238134330.1594188106269.1594366384747.39&amp;__hssc=207509324.1.1594366384747&amp;__hsfp=3951515511\">www.footprintnetwork.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laetitia Mailhes (France)<br \/>\n<\/strong>+33 650 979 012<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:laetitia.mailhes@footprintnetwork.org\"><strong>laetitia.mailhes@footprintnetwork.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Diep (USA)<br \/>\n<\/strong>+1 (510) 839-8879 x309<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Amanda.Diep@footprintnetwork.org\"><strong>amanda.diep@footprintnetwork.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAKLAND, CA, USA \u2014 JANUARY 19, 2021 \u2014 UNEP, UNICEF, UNESCO, the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevi\u010dius, Europe\u2019s Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Themis Christophidou, the EU&#8217;s Foreign &amp; Security Policy Service, the CEO of the Scottish EPA Terry A\u2019Hearn, UK-based charity Population Matters, the Green Economy Coalition, Slovenia\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-22581","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We do not need a pandemic to #MoveTheDate - Global Footprint Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Join us to grow the momentum to implement solutions that #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day, bringing human activity in balance with nature.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/2021\/01\/19\/we-do-not-need-a-pandemic-to-movethedate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We do not need a pandemic to #MoveTheDate - Global Footprint Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join us to grow the momentum to implement solutions that #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day, bringing human activity in balance with nature.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/2021\/01\/19\/we-do-not-need-a-pandemic-to-movethedate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Footprint Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-19T23:55:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-10T05:06:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/How_many_Earths_2021_EN_small-183x300.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michelle Shaffer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michelle Shaffer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/2021\/01\/19\/we-do-not-need-a-pandemic-to-movethedate\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/2021\/01\/19\/we-do-not-need-a-pandemic-to-movethedate\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michelle Shaffer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/#\/schema\/person\/2fa2deac9cc9c801840ddb3c3c6107bb\"},\"headline\":\"We do not need a pandemic to #MoveTheDate. 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