Isn’t ecological footprint too simplistic?
Footprint methodology is being improved all the time and part of WWF’s wider programme is about establishing a Global Footprint Network to share / standardise footprint methodology. The footprint methodology used in Ecological Budget UK enables footprint to be calculated and used at a regional / local level, based on National and regional data.
At present footprint calculations are an underestimate of our global impacts. Although greater accuracy is important, we need to act on what footprint is showing us now and start to take action. We shouldn’t wait until we have accuracy up to the 10th decimal place!