Global – Citizens’ Assembly on Food Systems
Convener: Iswe Foundation, in collaboration with other entities
Designed to give communities around the world a voice for a sustainable future for planet Earth, the Global Citizens’ Assembly 2026 is a new initiative that builds on the lessons learned from the Global Assembly 2021 on the climate and ecological crisis.
The Global Citizen Assembly, which is presented at COP30 in Brazil in November 2025, has four components (the 4 Cs):
– Community Assemblies that allow the participation of anyone on the planet (supported by the Assemblis platform);
– a Civic Assembly that is a snapshot of the world’s population (a global mini-public), selected through a global lottery that allows anyone to be selected;
– Campaign and culture to increase the Assembly’s visibility and influence;
– Coalition of supporting institutions, organizations, movements and nation states.
Deliberativa is contributing to the design and implementation of the Citizens’ Assembly, which in 2026 brings together a group of 105 citizens selected through a civic lottery specifically designed to represent the world’s population. During the autumn of 2025, the main focus is on formulating the mandate that the Citizens’ Assembly will be tasked with addressing and developing the content that will form the basis for deliberation. The resulting framing question is:
What changes, if any, should we make to how we grow, share, eat and use food, so that everyone has enough to nourish themselves, while tackling the causes and impacts of climate change?
Between 17 January and 14 March 2026, over the course of more than 42 hours of discussions in small and large groups, 105 people from 60 countries and territories deliberated on food systems and climate change. This document provides a preliminary summary of the main outcomes of these deliberations: 22 calls to action.
The “Deep Dive” series takes an in-depth look at the key issues, tensions and opportunities that emerged from the Global Assembly on Food and Climate, highlighting the genuine priorities of people around the world. Read the executive summary here.
Media coverage (selection):
- Le Monde, 20/11/2025, Une assemblée citoyenne mondiale sur le climat pour redonner de la « crédibilité » aux COP
Image 1: Map of the 105 Assembly members during the final online session in March 2026. To identify them, a lottery algorithm was run in September 2025 to select random points on the world map. The algorithm uses a NASA database to ensure that everyone in the world has an equal chance of being selected, subject to maximum quotas for countries and United Nations regions, a preference for diversity by including at least 60 countries, and a slightly higher allocation for people from the countries most vulnerable to climate change.
Imagen 2, 3, 4: Assembly members from different parts of the world during the final online session in March 2026.
