{"id":248,"date":"2026-07-30T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guenther-reimann.de\/wordpress\/?p=248"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:38:24","slug":"earth-overshoot-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guenther-reimann.de\/wordpress\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Earth Overshoot Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1350\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1350;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/guenther-reimann.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sustainable-AI-Playbook-5-Animation-Regular-Type_Bar-animation-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s Earth Overshoot Day is a reminder that from tomorrow, humanity consumes what the planet cannot regenerate this year.<br>Nobody intends to overspend a planet. It happens because millions of decisions are made independently, with nobody holding the overall budget.<br><br>We observe the same pattern emerging in enterprise AI:<br>Only 12% measure the environmental footprint of their GenAI.<br>Only 20% weigh that footprint when selecting or building a model.<br>74% say their providers do not give them the transparency to measure it.<br>So, the impact is not unknown. It is unowned. It is set early, in architecture decisions, and surfaces later in a bill nobody can decompose.<br><br>We had the privilege to contribute to the second edition of the Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders, with a chapter on \u2018The eco-digital era: why AI must go green\u2019, addressing those patterns directly.<br><br>Thank you to the authors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rrpastore\/\"><strong>Richard R. Pastore<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/niklassundberg\/\"><strong>Niklas Sundberg<\/strong><\/a>,<br>and to my Capgemini colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/schnipperingfabian\/\"><strong>Fabian Schnippering<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/felix-caspari-143508139\/\"><strong>Felix Caspari<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/henning-klasmeier\/\"><strong>Henning Klasmeier<\/strong><\/a> and Fabian Brack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23makeitreal\">#MakeItReal<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23sustainableai\">#SustainableAI<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23dataandai\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23dataandai\"><strong>#DataAndAI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s Earth Overshoot Day is a reminder that from tomorrow, humanity consumes what the planet cannot regenerate this year.Nobody intends to overspend a planet. It happens because millions of decisions are made independently, with nobody holding the overall budget. 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