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Sustainable food cold chain considered a key to reducing waste and combating climate change

Public health officials estimate millions of vaccine doses a year are wasted largely because there's no way to keep them cold. And a U.N. report estimates nearly a third of all food produced is lost or wasted, a lot of it because of spoilage.

Farmers sell their fresh-picked vegetables at community market
Farmers sell their fresh-picked vegetables at community market (AN/R. Powers)

In a rapidly warming world the need to keep some things cold is growing more difficult and increasingly urgent.

Public health officials estimate that millions of vaccine doses are wasted each year, largely because in many parts of the world there is no way to keep them cold.

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