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2019-09-23 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Momentum on food loss and waste gaining, but action must accelerate to meet global target of 50% reduction, finds new report NEW YORK (September 24, 2019)— Leaders from across the food system today gathered in New York to announce landmark developments toward halving food loss and waste by 2030, in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 to “halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.” Food that’s produced but never eaten costs the global economy $940 billion annually and emits 8% of the greenhouse gases driving climate change. “Every year the world is wasting 1.3 billion tons of food. That’s simply unacceptable,” said Dave Lewis, Chair of Champions 12.3 and Group Chief Executive of Tesco. “Today’s announcements are ground-breaking in their scope and scale, but we need to see more countries and companies targeting, measuring and acting on food waste and publishing their food waste data, if the world is to deliver Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 and halve food waste by 2030.”
These and other announcements are outlined in Champions 12.3’s newly launched 2019 report, which assesses global progress to meet SDG Target 12.3. The report finds that more than two-thirds of the world’s 50 largest food companies have set targets in line with Target 12.3, more than 40% are measuring their food loss and waste, and one-third are pursuing actions at scale to reduce waste in their own operations. The report also finds that governments representing 50% of the world’s population have set an explicit national target in line with Target 12.3. However, governments representing just 12% of the population are currently measuring food loss and waste, and countries representing just 15% of the world’s population are pursuing reduction actions at scale. “We simply cannot ensure food security in a sustainable manner without reducing food loss and waste,” said Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture. “Although progress is being made, the world still has a long way to go before it meets the ambitious SDG target of halving food loss and waste. Everyone needs to pick up the pace because, like food, there’s little time to waste.” Champions 12.3 urges governments and businesses to adopt a “target-measure-act” model: Set food loss and waste reduction targets, measure to identify hotspots of food loss and waste and to monitor progress over time, and take action on the hotspots. “I’m hopeful we can halve food loss and waste by 2030, but we’re just 11 years out from our target year. This is a critical moment when we really need all hands on deck,” said Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director of Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute. “We’re seeing that when companies and countries adopt this ‘target-measure-act’ approach, they see real results. It’s a model that works. We now need many more to follow the approach and reap the benefits.” Read SDG Target 12:3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2019 Progress Report. FACTS ABOUT FOOD LOSS AND WASTE
ABOUT CHAMPIONS 12.3Champions 12.3 is a coalition of leaders across government, business and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving Target 12.3 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Target 12.3 calls on the world to “halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses” by 2030. The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and World Resources Institute serve as co-secretariats of Champions 12.3. For more information, visit www.Champions123.org |
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