Global Food Systems 'Broken', Says UN Chief

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"Global food systems are broken - and billions of people are paying the price", according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, while addressing theAccording to UN estimates, over 780 million people experience hunger, almost one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted and nearly three billion people cannot afford healthy diets.

This as developing countries face the additional burdens of high debt and the worst impacts of the climate emergency. With food systems playing a key role in reducing carbon emissions and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the secretary-general called for food systems that reduce the carbon footprint of food processing, packaging, and transportation.

 

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