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Earth Overshoot Day

This week we reached Earth Overshoot Day – the point where scientists say we've used all the ecological resources the planet can produce in 12 months.

Environmentalists say we are using 70% more resources than what the earth can renew and that it's vital we stop eroding earth's natural resources.

According to the Met Office, the UK is already living through a climate crisis. Global leaders are meeting in Glasgow in November to try and come to an agreement about how to solve the crisis. The Nine's Hope Webb reports.

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