From New York Climate Week to Venice: Introducing VCW 2027

In a time when the noise of crises seems to drown out everything else, there is a community that keeps moving forward. Every day, it brings together knowledge, vision, and a shared sense of responsibility. Through the words and the vision of our co-curator Riccardo Luna, this week we recognized that water is where we must begin again. The ecological

Venice, 22 April, 2026—Venice Climate Week today announces the first keynote speakers confirmed for its 2026 edition, returning to Venice from June 3 to 8 with an expanded international scope and a strengthened strategic vision. Titled Planet Aqua, Planet Peace, the second edition puts forward a clear and ambitious statement: rethinking the future of cities and the planet through water.

In Venice, water is not merely a feature of the landscape. It defines the way people live, move, and envision the future. The city’s existence has always depended on a careful balance, where resilience and vulnerability coexist. Here, the climate crisis is neither abstract nor distant. It is immediate, visible, and demands urgent attention. This is the reason Venice Climate