UK and BII Green Team

Earth Overshoot Day is an annual event when humanity's consumption outstrips Earth's production of resources. In 2000 it landed in October. In 2015, it was 13th August. What day did it fall on this year?

Since the industrial revolution, how much has the world already warmed towards the internationally agreed danger limit of 2 °C?

How many trees are cut down each day just to produce toilet paper?

By what percentage has UCB committed to reducing its water usage by 2030?

In order to reach UCB targets, how many tons of CO2 do we as a company need to save by 2030?

How many years does it take a single aluminium can to decompose?

Recycling just two glass bottles saves enough energy to boil water for how many cups of tea?

If all of the wind around the UK coasts could be harnessed for energy, how much of our energy needs could be met by this source alone?

How many tons of CO2 will UCB's reforestation project in Ethiopia save by 2030?

What proportion of known coal reserves need to be kept in the ground in order to keep climate change below 2 °C?

How much had the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrunk between 1980 and 2016?

What proportion of peer-reviewed scientific papers published between 1991 and 2011 agree that human activity is causing climate change?

What proportion of global greenhouse emissions come from livestock?