{"id":18362,"date":"2026-05-05T14:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/may-3-zero-hour-italy-has-gone-into-the-red\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:43:14","slug":"may-3-zero-hour-italy-has-gone-into-the-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/en\/may-3-zero-hour-italy-has-gone-into-the-red\/","title":{"rendered":"May 3, zero hour. Italy has gone into the red"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 3, Italy exhausted its annual ecological budget<\/strong>. From that morning on, every liter of water consumed, every pound of food eaten, every kilometer driven by car we steal from the future, we take from reserves of natural capital that are eroded and taken away from our children and grandchildren. The share of nature we consume without giving it time to reproduce is lost. <\/p>\n\n

It’s called Overshoot Day<\/strong>, and the Global Footprint Network<\/a> calculates it annually for each state. The formula is simple: you divide a country’s annual biocapacity (how much it can produce and regenerate) by its ecological footprint (how much it consumes) and calculate how long the available resources are enough<\/strong>. The result, for Italy in 2026, was 123 days<\/strong>. About four months. Then the debt was triggered. <\/p>\n\n

Compared to 2025, we have lost three days<\/strong>. It doesn’t seem like much. But it is a political, economic and cultural signal. It means that the course is going seems to be in the wrong direction. <\/p>\n\n

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