Sunday 7 June 2026 - Venice Climate Week 2026

Agenda

7 JUNE 2026

10.00

Climate Photo Story Walk: Learn to Take Photos and Help Improve Your City

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

Workshop

Simone Padovani e Gianni Tartari

EU Climate Pact

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

10.00

Planet Aqua: Future Scenarios for Water Cities

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

Workshop

Alice Casiraghi

EU Climate Pact

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

12.00

Opening Lunch & Water Declaration

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

Speakers

Jeremy Rifkin,
Economist and Green Deal Architect

Planet Aqua – The World Blue Community Forum

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

14.00

Culture, Imagination & Climate

Private visit curated Zeitgeist

Planet Aqua – The World Blue Community Forum

Biennale

14.30

Climate Photo Story Walk: Learn to Take Photos and Help Improve Your City

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

EU Climate Pact

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

16.00

Planet Aqua Task Force

CNR
National Research Council
Arsenale

Science as a Compass | The Evidence

Mario Sprovieri,
Director of Institute of Marine Sciences at the CNR

Kaveh Madani – Global Water Bankruptcy

Wellbeing as a Measure of Progress | The Governance Challenge

Enrico Giovannini, Beyond GDP and the SDGs Perspective

Blue Communities as a Platform for Action

Francesco Musco, Deputy Rector for Research Università IUAV di Venezia and President of Corila

Caterina Sarfatti, Managing Director, Inclusion and Global Leadership in C40

David Laborde, Director, Agrifood Economics and Policy Division, FAO

Planet Aqua – The World Blue Community Forum

CNR
National Research Council
Arsenale

17.00

Working Tables: From Dialogue to Commitments

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

Tables Wrap Up

Francesco Musco, Vittore Negretto, Linda Zardo,
Università Iuav di Venezia

Tim Beatley, University of Virginia

Table 1 — Governing Water as a Public Good

Conversation starters: Enrico Giovannini, Kaveh Madani, Agostino Inguscio

Table 2 — Blue Communities in Practice: Cities, Coasts and Territories

Conversation Starters: Stefano Pisani, Caterina Sarfatti, David Laborde, Amanda Ikert, Pierpaolo Campostrini

Table 3 — Science, Knowledge and Cultural Imagination for Planet Aqua

Conversation Starters: Mario Sprovieri, Carlo Barbante, Meisha Hunter, Jan Pachner, Raffaella Giugni

PLANET AQUA
The World Blue Community Forum

CNR
Biennale
Arsenale

19.00

Reception

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway

Ahead of Monday’s High-Level Roundtable

Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner

Planet Aqua – The World Blue Community Forum

CNR – Biodiversity Gateway