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COP28 Side Event: Agrifood Cold Chains - Reducing food losses, waste and methane emissions

Événement - COP , 09 décembre 2023, 5:30am - 6:30am UTC

On site:
Blue Zone of the COP28 venue in Dubai:
Montreal Protocol Pavilion "Ozone to Cool Zone"

Online livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRpOiO3bZyQ

Please note that the time is given in UTC.
The respective time in Dubai, UAE, is 9:30-10:30!


One major solution to food loss and waste is increasing access to refrigeration, ensuring that food is kept at suitable temperature conditions from harvest to plate. The experts will highlight the use of sustainable cold chains in the Global South with natural refrigerants, combining energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

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Every year, an estimated 14 percent of total food produced is lost in the field, and 17 percent is wasted at the point of retail or consumption. This is enough food to feed approximately 1 billion hungry people around the world. At the same time, the rotting groceries lead to considerable amounts of methane emissions.

Scaling up future-friendly cold chain infrastructure that uses natural refrigerants (Green Cooling technologies) supports the implementation of both the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

This side event will address challenges and discuss solutions to reduce food loss and waste taking into account the greenhouse gas mitigation potential.

Emplacement

On site:

Blue Zone of the COP28 venue in Dubai:

Montreal Protocol Pavilion "Ozone to Cool Zone"

 

Online livestream:

www.youtube.com/watch

Date / Durée
09 décembre 2023, 5:30am - 6:30am UTC

Agenda

Welcome

Vassilios Karavezyris, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany

Challenges of food waste and methane mitigation – and how to tackle them

Anja Schwetje, German Environment Agency (UBA)

The role of refrigeration in worldwide nutrition, the carbon footprint of the cold chain

Didier Coulomb, IIR

Best practice examples of sustainable cold chain technology solutions using natural refrigerants

Philipp Denzinger, GIZ Proklima

Q & A

Everyone

Conclusion and Closing Remarks

Balaji Natarajan, Multilateral Fund Secretariat