Impact
Ecotourism project using Ecological Footprint to launch pilot test
Ecotourism is touted as a green option to traditional vacations, but how green is it? And how do we measure that? Global Footprint Network is collaborating with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to answer that question by... Read More
Six cities in Portugal sign on to Footprint initiative
Imagine if a city’s funding from the national government were calculated based on its Ecological Footprint and available resources. That’s a novel concept that will be tested by six cities in Portugal as part of a three-year project with Global... Read More
Switzerland
Updated May 2022 In December 2006, Switzerland became the first country to work with Global Footprint Network to examine and understand its Ecological Footprint and biocapacity results. Since then, more than a dozen other countries have followed suit. The Swiss... Read More
Guiding sustainability in Montenegro
In the wake of last month’s elections in Montenegro, we are confident the new government will maintain its commitment to the 3.5-year-long process of revising the country’s National Strategy for Sustainable Development (NSSD), which, through many consultations with diverse stakeholders,... Read More
United Arab Emirates
When Global Footprint Network reported that the United Arab Emirates was the country with the largest per capita Ecological Footprint in the world (at almost 12 global hectares, Living Planet Report 2006), government leaders were determined to learn why. The... Read More