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

Protecting the ocean begins with the vision and commitment of those who defend it every day.  At the floating headquarters of Marevivo Foundation, President Rosalba Giugni hosted a meeting dedicated to the vital role of water and oceans for the planet’s future, together with economist Jeremy Rifkin, author of the book Planet Aqua During the discussion, Giugni stressed the urgent

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,

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 is: how many extreme climate

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 on the increasingly tangible prospect

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, infrastructures, and societies, Considering that

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 to inspire urgent, shared solutions.

“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 to the new generations during

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 groundbreaking event in Italy, designed

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 Week, conceived and curated by