Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to reporters afterward, said the lunch demonstrated how food waste was “an often overlooked aspect of climate change.
联合国秘书长潘基文在午餐会后告诉记者,这一餐提醒大家,食物制作过程中产生的废弃物“经常是气候变化问题中被忽视的一个方面。
“That is shameful when so many people suffer from hunger, Ban said.
他说,“世界上还有那么多人忍受着饥饿,我们却在浪费食物,这是可耻的。
According to UN figures, 28 percent of agricultural lands around the world go to produce food that is lost or wasted. The loss each year is the equivalent of 3.3 billion tonnes of carbon responsible for climate change.
联合国的数据显示,全球28%的农业用地上产出的食物会被丢弃或浪费,而在这些食物生产过程中产生的二氧化碳可达33亿吨。
Vocabulary
landfill: 垃圾堆
pulp: 浆;(植物的)肉质部分
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