Invitation: “SDG Flag Day” on September 11, 2026 in Basel, Switzerland On September 11, 2026, the urban planning department of the city of Basel is organizing the “SDG Flag Day” in Basel together with the Federal Office for Spatial Development...
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Interview of Global Footprint Network co-founder Mathis Wackernagel by Silvia Tschui, NZZ Sustainable Switzerland Published July 29, 2026 (in German) Original in German: sustainableswitzerland.ch/artikel/ein-leerer-kuehlschank-macht-uns-mehr-angst-als-ein-voller-abfallkuebel-id.7129 Mr. Wackernagel, you say the biggest problem in the climate debate isn’t a lack of...
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An analysis by Global Footprint Network and Greenings shows that no country’s national strategy meaningfully recognizes ecological overshoot, despite growing evidence that resource security now underpins economic stability. Check out the press release here https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/prepared-for-the-predictable For more background visit https://footprintnetwork.org/prepared-for-the-predictable
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Most policy discussions about sustainability focus on emission targets, biodiversity commitments, or climate finance. A new report from Global Footprint Network and Greenings, “Prepared for the Predictable? Overshoot and the Failure of Countries to Ready Themselves,” takes a different angle....
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Imagine trying to grade the economic strategies of forty different countries for how seriously they take resource security, using documents that range from five-year development plans to budget speeches to national security reviews, written in a dozen languages, by governments...
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Every well-run organization eventually asks itself an uncomfortable question: where are our blind spots? Smart companies run the exercise regularly, pulling people from finance, operations, legal, and the front line into one room to stress-test the strategy against risks nobody...
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Imagine a business that tracks its revenue obsessively, down to the penny, every quarter, every earnings call, every headline. But it never checks its warehouse. It has no idea how much inventory is left, how fast it’s being used, or...
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Earth Overshoot Day now falls nearly five months before year’s end, meaning a significant share of global economic activity depends on depleting our planet’s resources. This unsustainable pattern accelerates climate disruption and grows resource scarcity, creating serious risks for those...
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El Día del Sobregiro de la Tierra ahora ocurre casi cinco meses antes de que termine el año, lo que significa que una parte significativa de la actividad económica mundial depende de agotar los recursos de nuestro planeta. Este patrón...
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Ravens are edge species: versatile, intelligent. They are comfortable in distinct habitats, highly adaptable and rapid learners. They have the largest brain relative to body size of any bird. In many ways, they’re not unlike Peter, who himself is...
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