Lasse Bruun
Lasse is an advocacy expert on food systems, energy transition, sustainable agriculture and social justice, with 20 years of experience in leadership, policy, advocacy and movement building. He is currently the UN Foundation’s Director for Climate and Food and a senior advisor to FAO.
Prior to joining the UN Foundation, Lasse built 50by40, a global NGO bringing together 70 organizations across 45 countries. Within this role, he enabled close global collaboration between multiple stakeholders, pushed sustainable livestock to the forefront of the food systems debate and brought about meaningful collaboration and exchange between Global North and Global South movements.
With a background in rhetoric and political science, Lasse has curated high-level international dialogues and campaigns in more than 20 countries, enabling an exchange of ideas between sectors, movements and powerholders. In 2021, he was appointed the global civil society lead on sustainable consumption for the UN Food System Summit Action and co-led the summit’s work on food systems management. Outside of his work, Lasse also runs a small agroecological vegetable farm.