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SDG3 - Good Health & Well being

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  • Around 735 million people globally go hungry while tons of food are wasted every day.
    Correct.
  • There is no urgency to reduce food loss and waste because global food security has improved since 2014.
    Incorrect: The number of people affected by hunger has been rising since 2014, increasing the urgency to reduce food loss and waste.
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12 targets reducing global hunger by 2025.
    Incorrect: SDG 12 focuses on responsible consumption and production, including reducing food loss and waste by 2030.
  • Households waste less than 100 million meals worth of edible food every day.
    Incorrect: Households waste over 1 billion meals worth of edible food every day.
  • Adopting innovative solutions and new ways of working can help reduce food loss and waste.
    Correct
  • Globally, 13.2 percent of food is lost between harvest and retail.
    Correct.
  • The 2024 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste will focus on the need for more financing to reduce food loss and waste.
    Correct
  • When food is wasted, the resources used to produce it, such as water and energy, are also wasted.
    correct
  • Resilient food systems can exist even if they are not sustainable.
    Incorrect. Food systems cannot be resilient without being sustainable.
  • Food loss and waste generate 8 to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
    Correct.
  • Opportunities to finance food loss and waste reduction remain largely untapped.
    Correct.
  • Around 50 percent of food production is wasted in households, food services, and retail globally.
    Incorrect: An estimated 19 percent of food production is wasted in households, food service, and retail.
  • Food waste does not contribute to climate change because it decomposes naturally.
    Incorrect: The disposal of food waste in landfills generates greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change.
  • In 2019/20, USD 50 billion was invested in reducing food loss and waste, meeting global needs.
    In 2019/20, USD 50 billion was invested in reducing food loss and waste, meeting global needs.
  • Food loss and waste do not affect the sustainability of food systems.
    incorrect