Climate Facts: Food loss and waste generate 8% of annual greenhouse gas emissions, says FAO

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can make it difficult to digest. TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straightforward explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• To limit global temperature rise below 2°C, countries must cut 30 gigatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually by 2030, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says deforestation and forest degradation account for 10 to 11 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. 
• Global food loss and waste generate about eight percent of humankind’s annual greenhouse gas emissions, according to FAO.
• According to UNEP, investments in nature-based solutions create fast-implementing jobs – on average, between seven and 40 jobs per $1 million invested.
• This is up to 10 times the job creation rate of investments in fossil fuels.