Date: 19 November 2024
Time: 14:30 AZT
Location: UN Country Pavilion, Baku, Azerbaijan
Organizers: UNEP
This is an official pavilion-event of the UNFCCC COP29.
Description: Food loss and waste generates 8 to 10 percent of GHGs and is a methane hotspot. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) primarily emitted by human activities. Food waste reduction is a critical and necessary action required for meeting our climate and equity targets, however it is clear from this halfway mark in the mission to deliver the SDGs by 2030 that not enough mobilization and partnership has occurred for us to meet our goal of delivering food systems that incorporate circularity, protect natural resources and community health, and preserve biodiverse traditional foods, and food sovereignty.
This event will initiate a Food Waste Breakthrough under the Race to Zero framework, in preparation for launch at COP30. The Food Waste Breakthrough will be a multi-stakeholder call to action to achieve a 50% reduction in global food waste and a 30% reduction in methane emissions by 2030, accelerating climate mitigation and fostering a sustainable and resilient food system.
