IUAV: Future Earth
Opening by Luca Mercalli: “It’s true that the climate has always changed — in 1709, the Venetian lagoon froze. We have always been shaped by the climate, even if today the famine that might have followed an event like the one that occurred in the summer of 2002 no longer frightens us.” The real question […]
Ca’ Foscari Venice: Life Economy
The third day of Venice Climate Week took place today at the Silvio Trentin Lecture Hall of Ca’ Foscari, with a crucial focus on the “Life Economy” and the scientific, political, and ethical implications of global climate change. Anna Pirani, a scientist from the CMCC and author of IPCC reports, opened the session by reflecting […]
The Alliance of Water Cities
Considering that Venice has long been recognized as an urban model for adapting to a water-based world, Considering that our planetary hydrosphere, which sustains all life on Earth, is being reconstituted in the wake of global warming, triggering record winter snowfalls, torrential spring floods, devastating summer heatwaves, wildfires, and deadly autumn hurricanes that devastate ecosystems, […]
Ocean Space, Venice: Science Dialogues with the Future
The second day of Venice Climate Week opened this morning at Ocean Space with an intense and well-attended meeting, bringing together scientists, researchers, and young people engaged in the fight against the climate crisis. This was a valuable opportunity for dialogue in a historic moment where science is called not only to understand change but […]
VCW25 Day One
“We have three generations to save the world: Generation Z, Generation Alpha, and Generation Beta. Only you can create a new economic system.” With these words, addressed to ten PhD students present at the meeting at the new Sea Beyond Ocean Literacy Space in San Servolo, renowned American economist Jeremy Rifkin launched a powerful call […]
The official program for Venice Climate Week has launched
Six days, seven locations, over twenty cultural and scientific partners, and nearly a hundred international speakers: from June 3 to 8, 2025, the first edition of Venice Climate Week will take place, conceived and directed by Riccardo Luna in collaboration with the Future Food Institute, in conjunction with the World Environment and Oceans Days. A […]
A New Global Platform is Born: Venice Climate Week
Six days, seven venues, over twenty cultural and scientific partners, and nearly one hundred speakers from around the world: Venice Climate Week is the new Italian event created to celebrate World Environment Day and World Oceans Day. From June 3 to 8, 2025, the city of Venice will host the first edition of Venice Climate […]