Conscious Food Systems Alliance

26 March 2026. The Royal Government of Bhutan, the Conscious Food Systems Alliance and the UN Development Programme along with partners, will host the first Global Conscious Food Systems Summit, from 31 August to 4 September in Paro, Bhutan. 

This online kick-off event of the Global Conscious Food Systems Summit 2026— featured high-level speakers including: 

• Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Bhutan 
• Haoliang Xu, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator
• Hindou Ibrahim, Climate adaptation expert and Indigenous rights advocate
• Nana Woo, Human Development Programme Design Specialist, SEKEM