Green Economy, Green Growth

Why Is Food Waste So Devastating?

Between 33% & 50% of all food produced on this planet is wasted. If food waste were a country, it would be the 3rd highest emitter of greenhouse gases - which makes food waste reduction one of the most effective & important solution to mitigating climate change & keeping global heating to within 2°C of warming.

Yet, it is often overlooked and only 6% of the Paris Agreement signatories have any target on food waste reduction.

All of this while 690 million people suffer from hunger and 1.3 billion people suffer from moderate food insecurity globally.

This is simply unacceptable. Read Matt Homewood blog on why Stockholm+50 MUST be the tuning point for global food waste.

Can Stockholm+50 be a Turning Point for Gender Equality?

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted significant vulnerabilities worldwide, indicating an urgency for inclusive and collective engagement. Gender-just transitions won’t happen by themself: they will require dedicated effort, focus and collaboration from many different political and economic actors.

Stockholm+50 can be the place to harness our individual resources and provide pathways for placing gender equality at the centre of global environmental actions for the years to come.

Circular Water Economy

Achieving a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic:

First and foremost, we must recognise that many countries around the world are not only recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. In my country of Zimbabwe, we are still recovering from a devastating cyclone that occurred in 2019, which pre-dates the pandemic.

Extreme weather phenomena such as rising temperatures and the increasing frequency of droughts and floods are affecting lives and livelihoods in Africa. According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, five African countries ranked among the 10 countries most affected by extreme weather in 2019: Mozambique (first), Zimbabwe (second), Malawi (fifth), South Sudan (eighth), and Niger (ninth).

Call for a green, just economic recovery agenda in Hong Kong