France, Nov. 15 -- Globally, each year households throw away more than the weight of the average person in food, wasting money and resources and contributing to global greenhouse gas emissions. Launched last year, the UN's Food Waste Breakthrough initiative aims to change that.

RFI spoke to Clementine O'Connor - a Sustainable Food Systems programme management officer at the UN's Environment Programme (Unep) - about where progress is being made, and the potential to provide an estimated 1 billion meals from food we're currently throwing in the bin.

RFI: What is the link between food waste and climate change?

Clementine O'Connor: Food loss and waste is responsible for 8-10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. When food waste is se...