We only have one Earth but our politicians aren’t acting like it
We only have one Earth but our politicians aren’t acting like it
As the signs carried by student climate strikers reminded us, there is no Planet B (Picture: Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
On 29 July, humanity’s bank balance with the planet that sustains us becomes overdrawn.
Earth Overshoot Day, as it’s known, marks the date when our demand for ecological resources outstrips what the Earth can regenerate in that year.
With nearly…