Did you know that if we cut down food waste around the world it could reduce emissions of our planet’s warming gases? As a result this can lessen the impact of climate change such as constant weather changes and rising sea levels.
Agriculture is a big part of climate change, with it accounting for more than 20% of overall global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010. If we avoid food loss and waste, we would cut down unnecessary gas emissions and help mitigate climate change which can help drop down to 14% by 2050.
It has beeen reported that around 30-40% of food produced around the world goes to waste due to it being spoiled after it is harvested and transported or thrown away by either consumers or shops. The food waste is expected to significantly increase if emerging economies like China and India adopt he western food habits.
Cutting food waste and distributing the world’s surplus food where it is needed could help tackle hunger in places that do not have enough – especially given that land to expand farming is limited.
While food demand per person remains constant globally, in the last five decades food availability has rapidly increased – hiking the emissions related to growing surplus food by more than 300%.