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Menus at COP26: Plant-forward or climate-backward?

GreenBiz

The food strategy for November's COP26 had five key points; source local, reduce food waste, increase plant-based options, add carbon labels and reusables.

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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss.

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U.S. Food Waste Pact Engages Businesses Across the Country To Target, Measure, and Act To Reduce Food Waste

3BL Media

December 5, 2023 /3BL/ - Building on the success of the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC), nonprofit partners ReFED and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced the formation of the U.S. Food Waste Pact is designed around the global framework of “Target, Measure, Act,” and food businesses joining the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Bexley council launches app-based anti-food-waste campaign

Envirotec Magazine

Household food waste project will see Council partnering with two food waste apps – OLIO & Kitche. The Bexley Household Food Waste Project launched on 2 March and will run through to the summer. Food waste is still at a dangerously high level, which is why initiatives like this are so important. www.kitche.co.

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UK Government appoints Arup as sustainability consultant for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

COP26 is to be held at the SEC, Glasgow, in November 2021. The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it achieve its ambition of delivering a sustainable summit.

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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Or, in the words of James Marape, president of Papua New Guinea, theyre now a total waste of time. According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021. For the last 30 years, COP has been the planets main vehicle of hope for averting climate catastrophe.

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Zero Waste vs. Climate Change: Why Waste Reduction Offers a Key Opportunity for Climate Action Through Private Enterprise

James Militzer

That’s why, as global leaders gather for yet another round of climate negotiations in the COP27 conference this month, waste is expected to be a hot topic (no pun intended). One reason for the enthusiasm around the waste sector’s climate potential is that it offers a massive opportunity for innovative business solutions.

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