{"id":14306,"date":"2023-03-23T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/food-waste-accounts-for-half-of-global-food-system-emissions\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:54:29","slug":"food-waste-accounts-for-half-of-global-food-system-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/food-waste-accounts-for-half-of-global-food-system-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Food waste accounts for half of global food system emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-S1exE3_Ys tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-r1eee42Otj\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-H1-ge42OYi\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-BJmxlN3OKo   \" ><style>.tatsu-BJmxlN3OKo .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}.tatsu-BJmxlN3OKo.tatsu-inline-text{margin: 0px 0px 40px 0px;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations is that of halving global food waste.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This new study, published in Nature Food, assesses food loss and waste emissions at every stage of the supply chain, from harvest to landfill or compost.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">It reveals that global food waste in 2017 resulted in the emission of 9.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e), roughly the combined total emissions of the United States and the European Union for the same year. A colossal waste when more than&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">800 million people will suffer from hunger in 2021.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The study also explores a number of ways to reduce emissions from food waste, such as halving meat consumption and composting instead of disposing of waste in landfills.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-Sk4eg4ndYo   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions\/\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Carbon Brief (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbon Brief (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-Sk4eg4ndYo .tatsu-button{background-color: #ffffff;color: rgba(0,0,0,1) ;border-width: 1px;border-color: rgba(230,255,0,1); }.tatsu-Sk4eg4ndYo .tatsu-button:hover{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);color: rgba(255,255,255,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-H1-ge42OYi.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-H1-ge42OYi.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-H1-ge42OYi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H1-ge42OYi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H1-ge42OYi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H1-ge42OYi > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/marek-studzinski-aoU2CWG_Vhc-unsplash.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 90px 0% 90px 0%;}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-S1exE3_Ys .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), around a third of all food produced is lost or wasted every year. A new study reveals that greenhouse gases released by rotting or wasted food account for around half of all emissions from the global food system.  <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/food-waste-accounts-for-half-of-global-food-system-emissions\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14306"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14454,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14306\/revisions\/14454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}