Meeting
The Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV) and Win Win Gothenburg Sustainability Award invite you to a Researchers¿ lunch to discuss future collaboration between researchers interested in how reducing food waste can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We have the honor to have this year´s winner of the Win Win Gothenburg Sustainability Award Arash Derambarsh with us at the lunch to give an inspirational talk about how he managed to make the French government pass a law prohibiting French supermarkets and restaurants from throwing away usable food.
Moreover, Kristina Liljestrand, PhD and Project manager at Chalmers Industriteknik will share her knowledge and experience from research about logistics solutions for reducing food waste.
Background
Target 12.3 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for cutting in half per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reducing food losses along production and supply chains (including post-harvest losses) by 2030.
Although an important target in itself, reaching this goal has great potential to contribute towards achieving other goals. Today around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. As stated by the initiative Champions 12.3, reducing food loss can serve as a triple win by saving money, feeding more people and alleviate pressure on climate, water and land resources.
Agenda
11.30-12.00 Lunch
12.00-12.30 Introduction
Welcome
Caroline Petersson, Network manager, Research Network for Sustainable Development
Rebecka Jorquera, Project manager, Win Win Gothenburg Sustainability Award
Experiences from France
Arash Derambarsh, lawyer, activist and winner of Win Win Award 2019
12.30-12.45 Research input
Logistics solutions for reducing food waste
Kristina Liljestrand, PhD and Project Manager at Chalmers Industriteknik
Experiences from the Mistra Urban Futures project Self-organising Action for Food Equity (SAFE)
Robin Biddulph, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Gothenburg
Food waste research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the need for collaboration between disciplines
Ingrid Strid, PhD and Researcher at the Department of Energy and Technology, SLU, Uppsala
12.45-13.15 Discussion: How can research help to reduce food waste and how can the problem be met with interdisciplinary research?
For who: Researchers at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg will be prioritized (the number of participants is limited).
Language: The event will be held in English
If you have any questions, please contact Caroline Petersson, coordinator, Research network for sustainable development, Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, caroline.petersson@gu.se
REGISTER HERE
Date: 10/30/2019
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
Categories: Sustainable development
Organizer: Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV) and Win Win Gothenburg Sustainability Award
Location: Veras Gräsmatta, Vera Sandbergs allé 8, Gothenburg
Contact person: Caroline Petersson
Phone: 073-4060461