Abstract
1. Enacting policy to drive food waste reduction
With an estimated contribution of 53%, the consumer is the primary
contributor to food waste across the food chain in higher income countries (Stenmarck et al. 2016). Considering that a large amount of this waste
could be avoided, the urgent need to change consumer behaviour is evident. Reducing consumer food waste and policy interventions to support
this effort is therefore a key area of the EU project REFRESH, within
which this report was developed. Reducing food loss and waste can help
meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, contribute
to the Paris Agreement on climate change, and sustainably feed the planet
by 2050. A Global Action Agenda was composed by a group of global experts in 2019 to help reduce food loss and waste and achieve SDG 12.3. This
action agenda included 10 “scaling interventions” designed to take the approach and to-do list to scale (Flanagan, 2019). A follow-up report explores
these 10 “scaling interventions”, one being to shift social norms (Hanson,
2019). Leveraging the latest findings of behavioral science, the report engages grassroots campaigns, social media, religious communities, and others to
make “wasting food” as unacceptable as littering now is in many countries.
With an estimated contribution of 53%, the consumer is the primary
contributor to food waste across the food chain in higher income countries (Stenmarck et al. 2016). Considering that a large amount of this waste
could be avoided, the urgent need to change consumer behaviour is evident. Reducing consumer food waste and policy interventions to support
this effort is therefore a key area of the EU project REFRESH, within
which this report was developed. Reducing food loss and waste can help
meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, contribute
to the Paris Agreement on climate change, and sustainably feed the planet
by 2050. A Global Action Agenda was composed by a group of global experts in 2019 to help reduce food loss and waste and achieve SDG 12.3. This
action agenda included 10 “scaling interventions” designed to take the approach and to-do list to scale (Flanagan, 2019). A follow-up report explores
these 10 “scaling interventions”, one being to shift social norms (Hanson,
2019). Leveraging the latest findings of behavioral science, the report engages grassroots campaigns, social media, religious communities, and others to
make “wasting food” as unacceptable as littering now is in many countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reduction of Food Loss and Waste |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of a Conference held atCasina Pio IV, Vatican City, November 11-12, 2019 |
| Editors | J. von Braun, M. Sánchez Sorondo, R. Steiner |
| Place of Publication | Vatican City |
| Publisher | Libreria Editrice Vaticana |
| Pages | 62-70 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788877611154 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Event | Reduction of Food Loss and Waste | A Cooperation between the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and The Rockefeller Foundation - Casina Pio IV, V, Vatican City, Italy Duration: 11 Nov 2019 → 12 Nov 2019 http://www.pas.va/content/dam/accademia/pdf/pas_sv147.pdf |
Publication series
| Name | Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum Scripta Varia |
|---|---|
| Volume | 147 |
Conference/symposium
| Conference/symposium | Reduction of Food Loss and Waste | A Cooperation between the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and The Rockefeller Foundation |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Vatican City |
| Period | 11/11/19 → 12/11/19 |
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