International Webinar: Using Green and Digital Technologies to Reduce Food Waste at Consumer Level

When: 9 Dec 2020, 3 - 4:30 PM, Bangkok Time ICT (Indochina time) UTC/GMT +7 hours

Where: Online - Register here.

Food waste exacerbates our triple planetary crisis, generating 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, using finite land and water resources needlessly, adding significantly to soil and water pollution from agriculture, and negatively impacting biodiversity. One-third of the food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted, costing 2.6 trillion USD annually.

Development and deployment of green technologies has been highlighted in green recovery plans in many countries. This webinar will bring policy makers and practitioners to discuss how to further unlock the potential of green technologies to reduce food waste at consumer level. It will also share successful stories and business models in different regions and explore opportunities and challenges to scale them up.

This webinar is part of a UNEP cross-regional project that covers 5 cities in 5 regions.

• Bangkok (Thailand), led by Regional Office Asia and the Pacific.
• Kampala (Uganda), led by Regional Office Africa.
• Belgrade (Serbia), led by Regional Office Europe.
• Bogota (Colombia), led by Regional Office Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Doha (Qatar), led by Regional Office West Asia.

It combines the expertise of different knowledge groups of UNEP, including Economic and Trade Policy, Food and Food Waste, Consumer Information, Sustainable Lifestyles, and the International Resource Panel, aiming to support countries in harnessing green technologies to reduce food waste at consumer level in the context of Building Back Better, and contribute to the attainment of the SDGs and climate goals.

The project’s one-pager summary can be downloaded from here.

Agenda:

Introduction by Mushtaq Memon, Regional Coordinator for Resource Efficiency, UNEP Asia Pacific Regional Office

Welcome remarks

• Steven Stone, Chief of the Resources and Markets Branch, UNEP
• Wijarn Simachaya, President of Thailand Environment Institute
• Izabella Teixeira, Co-Chair UNEP International Resource Panel, former Minister of the Environment of Brazil

Introduction of the Project and Perspectives from project partners:

• Ying Zhang, Programme Management Officer, UNEP
• Anne Lerche, Special Advisor, Secretariat of ONE/THIRD
• Pawin Talerngsri, Project Advisor, Thailand Environment Institute
• Vladan Šćekić, Program Director of Environment Improvement Centre (EIC), Belgrade, Serbia
• Camila Cammaert, Sustainable Food Systems Coordinator, WWF Colombia