On 2nd of March, in the Aula Giulio Cesare at Capitoline Hill, Jeremy Rifkin brought the Planet Aqua paradigm back to the center of public debate: water not as a resource to be exploited, but as a common good shaping development, security, and quality of life.
Together with Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, representatives of water cities, and national and local leaders, the discussion focused on water resilience, the Blue Deal, and renewed institutional responsibility toward future generations.
This conversation is now reaching European capitals and territorial networks. It did not emerge by chance. Venice played a pivotal role in providing one of the first international platforms where the Planet Aqua vision was articulated, helping shape the concept of Blue Communities as an alliance among cities, institutions, and citizens around water as natural, cultural, and economic infrastructure.
A journey that continues step by step, strengthening a shared awareness: our climate future will be defined by water.
