What we use. What regenerates. What we protect.
Selected source review 2026-11-02; observation dates remain separate, and incomplete checks are disclosed on the Data status page. Dated observations and labelled estimates; these contextual measures do not change the civilization scores.
Risks rise when Earth’s systems move beyond these limits. This does not mean seven systems have stopped working.
Global · 2026 assessment · published 2026-09-21 · reviewed 2026-11-02Planetary boundaries are scientific guardrails for pressures on Earth’s interconnected systems. Crossing them raises environmental risks; it does not mean a system has stopped working or establish a date for collapse.
Global Earth-system assessment · Published 2026-09-21 · Reviewed 2026-11-02
Latest available data; observation years vary and some predate 2026
Climate change
Biosphere integrity
Land-system change
Freshwater change
Biogeochemical flows: nitrogen and phosphorus
Novel entities
Ocean acidification
Stratospheric ozone depletion
Atmospheric aerosol loading
PIK — Planetary Health Check 2026, published 21 September ↗ · PIK — Planetary Health Check 2026 report record ↗
2026 assessment · published 21 September 2026 · Global · observation years vary
The report finds rising pressure across all seven exceeded boundaries. Ocean acidification was first assessed as exceeded in 2025. This is an assessment, not a live counter.
PIK — Planetary Health Check 2026, published 21 September ↗Ozone depletion and aerosol loading remain within the framework’s global boundaries. Regional aerosol pollution can still be unsafe.
The nine categories interact and differ in severity. Counting them is not a percentage of Earth destroyed or a probability of collapse.
Context only: this assessment adds no points or penalties to Civometer’s long-term or daily score. The daily-v1 method has no planetary-boundary term; adding one would require a documented methodology change.
Publication and review dates are separate from observation years. This targeted addition does not mean every Nature source was rechecked.
Stockholm Resilience Centre — planetary boundaries explained ↗
15.5% annual growth. Installed capacity measures generating potential, not electricity delivered.
Worldwide · end 2025 · IRENARenewable capacity measures what installed generators can produce at rated output. It is different from electricity actually generated.
End of 2025 · Worldwide
Installed capacity; output varies with weather, availability and operation.
IRENA — Renewable capacity statistics 2026 ↗2025 · Worldwide
Reported annual increase of 15.5%; not a live generation reading.
IRENA — Renewable capacity statistics 2026 ↗Build generation where resources and local conditions suit it; assess land, water and habitat impacts.
Connect variable solar and wind with stronger grids, storage and demand flexibility. These help balance supply and consumption.
Track delivered electricity, reliability and environmental outcomes alongside installed capacity.
64.5% of assessed marine fish stocks were within biologically sustainable levels. Renewable does not mean unlimited.
2,570 marine fish stocks · FAO 2025 assessmentSunlight and wind are replenishing energy flows. Forests and fish are biological stocks: harvesting can exceed regeneration. Fossil fuels and mineral deposits are finite on human timescales.
Sunlight · wind
Limited by location, timing and infrastructure.
Forests · fish
Recovery depends on extraction and ecosystem health.
Fuels · metals · minerals
Track extraction, recovery and supply constraints.
EIA — renewable energy explained ↗ · USGS — resources and reserves ↗
2025 assessment · 2,570 assessed marine fish stocks
Stocks, not individual fish or species. The complementary 64.5% were within biologically sustainable levels.
FAO — marine fish stock assessment 2025 ↗Oil, gas and coal are consumed as fuels. Metals can be recovered and reused, but collection and processing do not recover everything.
Reserves describe the economically recoverable portion under stated conditions; they are not the total amount in the Earth. Discovery, prices and technology change estimates.
No universal “years until resources run out” clock is shown: a reserve-to-production ratio assumes fixed extraction and a fixed reserve estimate.
Projected 2035 gaps. Copper: 2026 project-pipeline outlook; lithium: 2025 stated-policies scenario. Different report vintages, not observed shortages.
IEA · 2026 copper / 2025 lithium outlooksHistorical demand and refining observations below come from the IEA’s 2025 assessment. The copper projection was updated from the 2026 outlook, reviewed 29 September 2026. Other projections retain their 2025 vintage. Graphite is a critical mineral, not a metal.
2024 · Worldwide
Annual growth, not a measure of remaining reserves.
IEA — Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 ↗2024 · Average share across key energy minerals
Concentration can create supply risk even where geological resources exist.
IEA — Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 ↗| Material | Energy connection | Indicator | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Grids and electrification | 25% projected supply deficit in 2035 | IEA 2026 project-pipeline outlook; revised from around 30% in the 2025 outlook. A scenario, not an observed shortage or exhaustion date. |
| Lithium | EV and storage batteries | 40% implied supply gap in 2035 | IEA 2025 scenario: announced-project base case versus STEPS primary supply requirements. Historical projection; not refreshed to the 2026 outlook. |
| Nickel & cobalt | Battery supply chains | Demand increased 6–8% in 2024 | IEA reports this range for nickel, cobalt, graphite and rare earths. |
| Graphite | Battery supply chains | Demand increased 6–8% in 2024 | Supply concentration remains a vulnerability. |
| Magnet rare earths | Permanent magnets in EVs and wind power | Demand increased 6–8% in 2024 | Projected supply appears sufficient in 2035; concentration remains a risk. Not all motors or turbines use rare-earth magnets. |
IEA — Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 ↗ · IEA — mineral supply scenarios (2025) ↗ · IEA — Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2026 ↗
Scenario supply gaps are not predictions of geological exhaustion. STEPS means Stated Policies Scenario.
Diversified supply, material efficiency, reuse, recycling and alternative designs are practical areas to track. Their outcomes depend on technology and implementation.
≈55,000+ trees/day is a derived annual average for Arbor Day Foundation forest projects—not a global live count.
Forest area: FAO, 2015–2025 average · planting: FY 2024–25Planting counts, forest area and surviving ecosystems measure different things. There is no verified global daily tree-planting total in this dataset.
Fiscal year 2024–25 · Arbor Day Foundation projects in 23 countries
Organisation-reported planting; excludes separately reported distribution figures. This is not the world total or a survival count.
Arbor Day Foundation — FY 2024–25 annual report ↗Annualised from FY 2024–25 · Same organisation and programme scope
20.1 million ÷ 365 ≈ 55,068, rounded. A 365-day normalisation, not trees observed today or an exact fiscal-day average.
Arbor Day Foundation — FY 2024–25 annual report ↗2015–2025 average · Worldwide
Gross forest conversion to other land uses. Hectares measure area, not number of trees.
FAO — Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ↗2015–2025 average · Worldwide
Includes natural expansion and forest establishment; not all expansion is planting.
FAO — Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ↗2015–2025 average · Worldwide
Deforestation minus expansion. New forest does not automatically replace old-growth habitat quality.
FAO — Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ↗2025 · Worldwide
About 32% of land area. A standing stock, not annual planting.
FAO — Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 ↗Planting is an activity measure. Survival after establishment, native diversity and habitat condition are separate outcomes to monitor.
28–48 bird and mammal extinctions were estimated to have been prevented by conservation since 1993 in a study published in 2020. This is not a daily rate.
Mollusc assessment: IUCN, July 2026 · conservation study: 2020“Preserved” has no single global species count. Threat status, documented extinction and conservation recovery are shown separately. None is a live daily rate.
9 July 2026 · 175,909 assessed species, all taxonomic groups
Includes plants and other organisms, not only animals. Assessment coverage is incomplete; this is not a percentage of all life.
IUCN — Red List update, 9 July 2026 ↗9 July 2026 · Endemic hydrothermal-vent mollusc species worldwide
62% face extinction risk linked to deep-sea mining. An animal-specific assessment.
IUCN — Red List update, 9 July 2026 ↗Study published in 2020; since 1993 · Birds and mammals covered by the study
Estimated counterfactual conservation impact, not a count of permanently secured species or an annual rate.
Colorado State University — conservation study, 2020 ↗9 July 2026 · Estimated individuals in Australia
Status improved from Endangered to Near Threatened; continued management remains necessary.
IUCN — Red List update, 9 July 2026 ↗9 July 2026 update · Australian marsupials following taxonomic review
No individuals reported for at least 60 years. Newly confirmed does not mean they died out in 2026.
IUCN — Red List update, 9 July 2026 ↗Threatened is not extinct. New assessments can change totals without representing new losses. Confirming extinction may lag the last sighting by decades.
Habitat protection, invasive-species control and carefully managed reintroductions feature in documented conservation successes.
The daily source-review workflow includes these records. Providers publish on different schedules; checking daily does not make annual data live. Missing global daily planting and extinction counts remain unfilled. Historical estimates retain their period until comparable evidence is verified.
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