Humans are using almost 73% more natural resources than the Earth provides (produces) in a year, a study* has revealed. A new report looks at the global "biocapacity" deficit – the ability of ecosystems to generate natural resources compared to human demand. If humanity continues to use more resources than the Earth’s biocapacity, natural resource levels will decline and eventually be exhausted...

Researchers from the US and Sri Lanka have concluded that wealthy countries are only exacerbating (fuelling) the aforementioned problem by living beyond their means. The researchers found that in 1980, the world was consuming 119% of its biocapacity, with that figure reaching 173% by 2017.
*https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00708-4