Approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted – around 1.3 billion tonnes every year.

Subtle shifts aren’t good enough.

Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

New approaches and solutions are needed to address worsening food loss and waste, the UN Secretary-General has said.

Amid continuing uncertainty, fear and anxiety around the world over the COVID-19 pandemic, senior UN officials are keen to stress the legitimacy of concerns, listen carefully to citizens around the world, and help them distinguish between misinformation and accurate information.

With over one million lives now lost to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that while the “agonizing milestone” is a “mind-numbing figure”, the world must never lose sight of each and every individual life.

We must hit the target set out in SDG 12.3 to halve per-capita food waste by 2030 at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today appointed renowned Italian chef Massimo Bottura as its newest Goodwill Ambassador.

Speech prepared for delivery at the opening of the World Circular Economy Forum: Rebooting the economy with circular solutions.

An estimated one-third of food produced globally is lost or wasted from farm to table.