From 3 to 8 June 2025 Venice will host the first edition of the VENICE CLIMATE WEEKAn international event dedicated to climate change and sustainability. Six days, seven locations, almost a hundred speakers from all over the world to relaunch the comparison between science, politics, culture and citizens in the name ofRegenerative economy
A week dedicated to the future of the planet
From 3 to 8 June 2025 the first will be held in Venice Venice Climate Weekborn from the idea of the journalist Riccardo Luna and organized in collaboration with the Future Food Institute. The event takes place in conjunction with two symbolic days promoted by the United Nations: the World Environment Day (June 5) and the World Oceans day (June 8). Dibattiti, conferences, public meetings and artistic performances are scheduled, broadcast live on Ansa.it and SkyTg24, in partnership with Corriere della Sera.
A participatory and reflection event
Ten years afterParis agreement and from the encyclical Laudato yesthe Venice Climate Week wants to inspire individuals and organizations to rethink objectives, tools and narratives to face the climatic crisis. The event aims to stimulate a concrete dialogue between citizens, institutions, businesses and academic world.
The promoters
Riccardo Lunajournalist and former Italian digital champion, is the creator and director of the initiative. In recent years he has promoted documentaries, exhibitions, petitions and interviews of international importance on the theme of the climate. The production is by the Future Food Institute, founded by Sara Roversiinternational reality that promotes regenerative and inclusive food models, in dialogue with communities, institutions and companies.
The event makes use of the contribution of over twenty partners including academic bodies, public institutions, foundations and non -profit organizations. Among these: UNESCO-COI, NATIVE, CMCC Foundation, VSF Foundation, Sea Beylond, Ocean Space, Venetian University (Ca ‘Foscari, Iuav, Viu), Veneto Region, City of Venice, Marevivo, WWF, Legambiente, Asvis.
Seven places symbol for the climate
The activities of the Venice Climate Week will take place in symbolic locations of the lagoon city: the Ca ‘Foscari University, the IUAV, the Corders of the Arsenal, Ocean Space, the old procuratie, the M9 museum in Mestre and Casa Sanlorenzo. The latter, recently restored by Piero Lissoni, will host the Sanlorenzo Talks, meetings dedicated toenvironmental innovation.
Jeremy Rifkin and the Blue Deal
To inaugurate the event will be Jeremy Rifkineconomist and theorist of sustainability, with a lectio magistralis entitled Planet Aqua. Rifkin will be the protagonist of several moments, including a visit to Sea Beyond Ocean Literacy Centreon the island of San Servolo. His contribution aims to integrate the hydrosphere into European strategies, supporting a blue Deal at the Green Deal of the EU to face the era of climatic resilience.
There will be international speakers
Among the almost one hundred confirmed guests, they include: Louise Carver, geographer and political ecologist, Eric Ezekieli and Paolo Di Cesare (Native, Regenerative Society Foundation), Daniele Franco, Economist and former minister, Rosalba Giugni, founder of Marevivo, Federico Marchetti, president of the Fashion Task Force for sustainability, Giovanna Melandri, Kim Polman and Sara. Regenerative innovation experts, Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, Miria Pigato, Economist of the World Bank, Jeremy Rifkin, Valerio Rossi Albertini, Luca Mercalli, Antonio Navarra, Francesca Santoro (Unesco), Antonio Scurati, writer, Sister Alessandra Smerilli, expert in social doctrine and sustainability. And many other climatologists, urban planners, philosophers, disseminates and artists.
Le startup of the climate star
On June 7, a session dedicated to innovation will be held at the Arsenal Cork: Climate Tech startups will meet investors and stakeholders in the sector. The event is made with the support of Venisia and Cleantech for Italy, with a focus on scalable solutions to face the climatic crisis.
Carlo Bagnoli, director of Venisia, will present the Future Farming Initiative project, «who radically rethink the relationship between nature, technology and production of materials: a sustainable, replicable and visionary model, capable of equipping the planet without destroying it».
Young people as a change engine
The young people will be the beating heart of the event thanks to the Climate Shapers project, a training course that involves them as facilitators, curators and speakers. Selected and trained in an intensive program from January to June 2025, the climate Shapers will follow each session, collect ideas and summarize the key messages to ensure a lasting impact.
Conclusion “How we will go out”
On June 8, at the M9 auditorium in Mestre, at the end of the event, a public assembly will be held entitled “How we will go out.” Conducted by journalists Ferdinando Cotugno and Fabio Deotto, on climate change. Different voices of environmentalism, sustainability and activism present on stage to seek together a new narrative that allows you to beat the denialists and reductionists.
Full program available Who.