Goal 12: continued
Food
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While substantial environmental impacts from food occur in the production
phase (agriculture, food processing), households influence these impacts
through their dietary choices and habits. This consequently affects the
environment through food-related energy consumption and waste generation.
3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year while almost 1 billion people go
undernourished and another 1 billion hungry.
Overconsumption of food is detrimental to our health and the environment.
2 billion people globally are overweight or obese.
Land degradation, declining soil fertility, unsustainable water use, overfishing
and marine environment degradation are all lessening the ability of the
natural resource base to supply food.
The food sector accounts for around 30 per cent of the world’s total energy
consumption and accounts for around 22 per cent of total Greenhouse Gas
emissions
Ref:
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustaina
ble-consumption-production/
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