Thread by @ShreyaSome

Happy to share our new paper on Low #demand #mitigation options for achieving #SDGs: Role of reduced #foodwaste and sustainable #dietary choice
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#ActNowOnClimate #doyourbitfortheenvironment #actnowbeforeitstoolate #ActNowForFuture #savetheplanet

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These options advance SDGs but have trade-offs too.
#Enablers: #Awareness and educational programs (#SDG4 and #SDG12), technological solutions/#innovation (#SDG9), innovative #policy designs (#SDG16), involvement of multiple #socialactors (#SDG17)

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92 Interventions are identified from 1000+ literature that helps to #Avoid or #Shift or #Improve in emissions.

#foodwaste reduction- 34 interventions: 10 Avoid, 10 Shift, 14 Improve

sustainable #dietary choices- 58 interventions: 15 Avoid, 7 Shift, 36 Improve

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These interventions need to come from a wide variety of #socialactors who can drive the final #behavioural change
Check ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/…
✊#actors #Government #healthcare #media #advertisers #supermarket #consumers #homecooks
#schools #University #office #activist ✊

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Which #socialactor has a larger role to play?

For #foodwaste reduction:

Avoid - supply chain partners #restaurants #supermarket
Shift- individual consumers
Improve- #policymakers/governing bodies

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Which #socialactor has a larger role to play?

For "#Balanced #sustainable #healthy #diet"

Avoid - individual #consumers
Shift- #governing bodies and #healthcare systems
Improve- supply chain partners, individual #consumers, #researchers, #practitioners, #activists

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What can "we" do?
To reduce #foodwaste:
•Cook as per need
•#Mealplanning
•#Shoppinglist
•#Sharing #leftovers
•Feeding #pets
•Preserve & transform leftover food
•Store in fridge
•Purchase less-perishable items, fresh food items, Use shelf-stable items

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What can "we" do?
For "#Balanced #sustainable #healthy #diet"

•Reduce #meat consumption- Halving meat consumption/ Smaller portion of meat
•Becoming a #Flexitarian
•Observing #MeatLessMonday
•Replacing snacks with fruit, especially between meals
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Replacing cheese with vegetables
•Substituting soft drinks with tap water
•Buying #localfood
•Buying #seasonalfood
•Having #lowfat and #lowsugar food products
•Reducing consumption of #discretionary foods
•Lowering #alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages

[8/8] #Gender roles

#Women are more interested in #plantbaseddiets than men.
Women are primarily involved in cooking and shopping - it is a good #opportunity to influence them to become ‘change agents’ for promoting #sustainableconsumption in #society.

Free access till Oct 1:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1fZnB3QCo9fD…

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