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Remarks by Tameem on World Environment day

Jun 05 2013 – Tameem spoke about the start of Industrial revolution in the middle of 19 century, carbon dioxide emissions in our atmosphere have increased steadily and dramatically, this increase in CO2 from roughly 280 parts per million (ppm) prior to the industrial revolution to about 392 ppm today is having a dramatic impact on our climate.

Tameem also spoke about anti-food waste campaign this year’s world environment day aim to reduce foodprint by become more aware of the environmental impact of food waste and loss across the food supply chain according to the UNEP.

Tamem highlighted shocking figures of world hungry children, according to the UN food and agriculture organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount produced in the whole sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time 1 in every 7 people in the world go to bed hungry and more than 20,000 children under the age of 5 die daily from hunger.

The clear message of world environment day is that everyone has a duty to push for an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint and hopefully the world leaders at Mongolia will take this forward.