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Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change

  • Written by Abay Yimere, Postdoctoral Scholar in International Environment and Resource Policy, Tufts University
Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate changePeople buy produce at a wholesale market in Nakuru, Kenya, on Dec. 24, 2022.James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry.

It also harms Earth’s climate by generating...

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