This report looks at food loss and waste in the context of countries NDC 3.0 submissions in 2025. It outlines how addressing food loss and waste can contribute to wider targets for tackling climate change, and provides guidance for fixing food systems to achieve net zero and biodiversity targets, and to delivery benefits to health, the economy, and equity. The authors provide guidance on how to recognize the importance of food loss and waste for climate change, and provides examples of country commitments to reduce food loss and waste in the context of the NDC 3.0 process.
The report was produced for the Global Action Drive (GAD), an initiative that brings together several internationally active non-governmental organizations around a shared agenda to accelerate regional and national action on food loss and waste.
Through the report, the GAD calls on all countries to:
- Commit to delivering UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3: “By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses”
- Include this commitment in their new NDCs to be submitted by early 2025
- Set meaningful targets and intersectoral mechanisms to operationalise follow up
- Back this commitment with specific practical policy measures
- Start measuring and reporting on food loss and waste (at national / sector level)
- Include solid national data to report on progress through the biennial transparency reports
A summary document for this report is also available.