If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States. Yet, the connection between food waste and climate change is often missing. UTC Building and Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has unveiled a new book to connect the issues of hunger, resource conservation and climate change mitigation. John Mandyck, chief sustainability offi cer, UTC Building and Industrial Systems, and Eric Schultz, former chairman and CEO of Sensitech, a United Technologies company specializing in cold chain monitoring and visibility, have co-authored a 182-page book called Food Foolish: The Hidden Connection Between Food Waste, Hunger and Climate Change, which calls attention to the extraordinary social and environmental opportunities created by wasting less food. One-third or more of the food we produce each year is never eaten. Meanwhile, more than 800 million people – a population equivalent to the United States and European Union combined – are chronically hungry. Food waste also has a devastating environmental impact. The embodied carbon dioxide emissions in food waste alone represent 3.3 billion metric tons. That is the energy used to produce food that is never eaten, including fuel for tractors used for planting and harvest, electricity for water pumps in the field and the power for processing and packaging facilities. In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, the water used to grow the food we throw away is more than the water used by any single nation on the planet. To order a copy of Food Foolish, visit www.amazon.com or www.FoodFoolishBook.com. Proceeds from the book will be donated to food charities. For more information about sustainability initiatives at UTC Building and Industrial Systems, visit www.NaturalLeader.com, follow @UTCBIS on Twitter or visit UTC Building and Industrial Systems’ sustainability blog at www.SustainabilityView.com