Insights and news from the Global Citizens' Assembly

Explore the Deep Dives and the Calls to Action emerging from the Global Citizens’ Assembly on Food Systems and Climate, alongside stories, research and analysis on participatory governance and global decision-making.

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22 Calls to Action

What needs to change about the way we grow, share, eat and use food, so that everyone has enough to eat while we tackle climate change?

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Introduction to the Deep Dives

What do people around the world want from the future of food? Explore what emerged when citizen deliberation, lived experience and wider participatory practice were brought into conversation with one another.

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Food + Climate + Farming

What do people around the world want from the future of farming?

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Anna Mbabazi Community Assembly Story

After taking part in a Global Assembly, Anna Mbabazi brought the conversation back home to her village in Uganda, showing how deliberative democracy can spread from one community to another.

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Connecting the dots on community climate action at London Climate Action Week

At this year's London Climate Action Week, one message came through again and again: communities are already organizing their own responses to the climate crisis. What's missing is a way to connect them globally.

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Video: Assembly Members share their experiences

105 people from 60 countries, one shared global problem. What happens when ordinary people are given the tools and space to solve it together?

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Lal's story

What happens when a 76-year-old farmer gets to shape global food policy? Lessons from a Nepali smallholder bringing a lifetime of agricultural knowledge to global food systems decision-making.

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Food + Climate + Identity

What do people around the world want from a food future rooted in culture and community?

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Food + Climate + Health

What do people around the world want from a food future that supports their health?

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Food + Climate + Cities

What do people around the world want from the future of food in cities?

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Food + Climate + Farming

What do people around the world want from the future of farming?

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Deep DiveClimate change

Introduction to the Deep Dives

What do people around the world want from the future of food? Explore what emerged when citizen deliberation, lived experience and wider participatory practice were brought into conversation with one another.

Learn more
A screen grab of all the Global Assembly Members on a zoom call together
Climate changeGlobal citizens' assemblies

22 Calls to Action

What needs to change about the way we grow, share, eat and use food, so that everyone has enough to eat while we tackle climate change?

Learn more
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Anna's story

As erratic weather threatens the farms and livelihoods of small-scale producers in Western Uganda, dairy farmer Anna Mbabzi joined the 2026 Global Assembly on Food and Climate to bring the realities of rural farming, and the case for supporting small farmers, into the conversations shaping the future of global food systems.

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Abraham's story

As climate change and food insecurity reshape life in Colombia’s La Guajira region, Wayúu leader Abraham Jayariyu joined the 2026 Global Assembly on Food and Climate to ensure Indigenous knowledge and lived experience are part of the conversations shaping the future of food, climate and global governance.

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Ahmad's Story

What happened when a fisherman from Indonesia’s coast joined the Global Assembly on Food and Climate? For Ahmad Marzuki, it meant taking the realities of declining fish stocks, displacement and community resilience all the way to the international stage.

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Video: Unleashing transformative change through citizens’ assemblies

Túlio Andrade, COP30’s Chief Strategy and Alignment Officer, explains why citizen assemblies could be the model the international community has been missing for effective climate action.

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Video: A race against despair

Kirsten Dunlop, CEO Climate KIC, reflects on the need to move beyond fear and despair in the climate crisis, arguing that meaningful progress depends on rebuilding trust, collective action and hope.

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