{"id":184423,"date":"2026-04-13T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=184423"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:27:28","slug":"overshoot-day-belgians-live-as-if-we-have-3-6-earths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/overshoot-day-belgians-live-as-if-we-have-3-6-earths\/","title":{"rendered":"Overshoot Day: &#8216;Belgians live as if we have 3.6 Earths&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Belgium\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">reached its Overshoot Day. This means that if all countries in the world followed the Belgian consumption pattern, all the natural resources the planet could supply in one year would already be\u00a0used up. 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