Joining Good Energy as CEO in 2021, I was drawn to the business primarily because of its purpose. I have always worked within purpose led business. In fact, I believe the most successful businesses always have a purpose beyond simply making money. But Good Energy’s is so clear, and so critical — combatting climate change. From the food we eat to the materials we build with, living in balance with the planet means not taking more than it can replenish.Andwhen it comesmaintaining a safeclimate,it means notemittingmore carbon dioxidethan our natural world can reabsorb. We’re Good Energy, an energy service company that embraces tech to help Britain get to net zero carbon emissions. We do this through providing 100% renewable electricity and developing innovative services to support customers to generate, share, store, use and travel with truly clean power. We’re passionate about the planet and empowering people to fight the climate crisis. That’s why we’ve been providing clean energy to businesses and homes for over 20 years.

We all have work to do to live sustainably and protect the planet. But some countries have more work to do than others. Does earth overshoot day move?You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.

If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. It was an eventful year to join. A world still coping with a global pandemic. Climate high up on the national and international political and media agenda with the UN’s climate conference COP26 coming to Glasgow. And as the year progressed, an increasingly volatile energy market driven by global gas prices. It brought into stark focus that there is not only an environmental argument for moving away from fossil fuels, there is an economic one too. Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial? Read more about how Global Footprint Network works out the date of Earth Overshoot Day here. IsEarth Overshoot Day the same for each country?This means that for the restof2023, we’re effectively in debt toourplanet – borrowing resources from future years instead of living within our means. How is Earth Overshoot Day measured? There isa limit to how much the planet canregeneratewhat we take from it. The daywhenwe ashumanityhave officially usedupouryearlyecological budget is called Earth Overshoot Day. This year, it falls on Wednesday 2nd August. In general, the trend is flattening, although it is difficult to know how much of that is due to efforts to decarbonise, and how much is due to economic slow down. What we do know is that progress is much too slow. To reach the UN’s IPCC target of reducing carbon emissions 43% worldwide by 2030 compared to 2010, we would need to move Earth Overshoot Day 19 days every year for the next seven years. What can we do tomove the date? The diagram to the right shows that, if everyone in the world used resources at the rate we do in the UK, Earth Overshoot Day would have fallen on 19thMay.Whereas if everyone had the lifestyle of an average person in Jamaica, we wouldn’t use up our ecological budget until 20thDecember. Earth Overshoot Day is an awareness-raising campaign set up bythe Global Footprint Network, an international research organisation dedicated toproviding tools to help cities and countries live withintheirecological limits.