Is Ecological Footprinting sensitive enough to track trends year on year, and demonstrate changes related to specific policy decisions?
At the national level, some changes would be seen in the Ecological Footprint. The same is true for devolved country and regional data.
At local authority level, the input of up-to-date information from the local authority area is required. If this data is available the Footprint would be sensitive enough to inform the user whether the change had brought about a subsequent reduction in the Ecological Footprint.