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May 9, 2024

Réduire le gaspillage et les pertes alimentaires : Quels sont les facteurs de succès ?

"Humanity wastes more than a billion meals a day." So stated the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on March 27, 2024, on the occasion of the publication of the latest Food Waste Index report. Each inhabitant of the planet wastes an average of 79 kg of food, which represents around 1 billion tonnes of food waste. In Quebec,  the total amount of food waste produced annually is over 3 million tonnes, equivalent to 1 kg per person per day. What can be done about it? A CIRANO study offers insights into the key success factors for implementing initiatives to reduce food loss and waste.

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Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada

Benoit Aubert, Simon Bourdeau, Thierry Warin, Thibault Sénegas and Jeremy Schneider

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Réduction des pertes et gaspillages alimentaires au Québec : barrières et facteurs de succès

Jacinthe Cloutier, Karima Afif and Marie-Claude Roy

Agri-Food and Sustainable Development
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Obstacles et incitatifs à l’adoption des technologies innovantes dans le secteur minier québécois

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, François Vaillancourt, Ingrid Peignier, Molivann Panot, Thomas Gleize, Simon Losier and 1 other authors

Where does our plastic waste go?

Sophie Bernard, Florence Lapointe and Julien Martin

Sustainable Development, World Economy and Environment