Measuring the Ecological Footprint is based on simple principles. It shows how big human economies are compared to the biosphere.| Global Footprint Network
Calculation method for establishing whether a business is circular.| Global Footprint Network
Click here for answers to frequently asked questions about Ecological Footprint methodology and data.| Global Footprint Network
As human populations and consumption increase, we place greater demands on ecosystems that are essential for the survival of humanity and wildlife species.| Global Footprint Network
Criticism drives the scientific process. View the main known Footprint limitations and criticisms in our Guidebook.| Global Footprint Network
Global Footprint Network and its partners characterize the food dilemma through a set of ten tough challenges we call the “impossible imperatives.” The imperative to use no more fossil fuels. The food system, and particularly farms, will have to produce all the food while rapidly phasing out fossil fuels or its derivatives, from farm to fork. […]| Global Footprint Network
72% of the world population live in countries faced with a precarious situation. These countries both (1) run a biological resource deficit (where demand for biological resources exceeds regeneration) and (2) generate less than world-average income, limiting their ability to purchase resources from elsewhere. These findings were released in “The Importance of Resource Security for […]| Global Footprint Network
Biocapacity stands for the regenerative capacity of our planet’s ecosystems. The biocapacity metric, therefore, quantifies the renewal rate of ecosystems around the globe. It tracks ecosystem’s inherent ability to renew biomass. This amount then can be compared to the amount of human demand on biocapacity, which is called people’s ecological footprint. Biocapacity accounting allows researchers […]| Global Footprint Network
Learn about the methodology used to calculate the Ecological Footprint© and the data that we produce. Explore our open data platform.| Global Footprint Network
Click here for definitions of terms commonly used in Ecological Footprint accounting.| Global Footprint Network
Download the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts 2019 Public Data Package for free. Ecological Footprint and biocapacity results by country.| Global Footprint Network
The Ecological Footprint measures how fast we consume resources and generate waste compared to how fast nature can absorb our waste and generate resources.| Global Footprint Network