The Venice Climate Week through the words of co-curator Riccardo Luna

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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 transition is not an abstract concept, but something that takes shape in our cities, our territories, and our everyday choices.

This is exactly what happened at Venice Climate Week last week. Six days of conversations, ideas, and collaboration that brought together people who have chosen not to wait for change, but to make it happen.

Perhaps the best is still to come.

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