Venice Climate Week 2026

From June 3 to 8, 2026, Venice will host the second edition of Venice Climate Week, conceived by journalist Riccardo Luna and curated together with Sara Roversi (Future Food Institute) and Cristiano Seganfreddo (FlashArt).

Under the title Planet Aqua, Planet Peace, this second edition invites us to rethink the future of the planet starting from water — no longer seen merely as an emergency or a resource, but as a fundamental infrastructure of the 21st century through which to interpret the major transformations of our time: from coastal cities to food systems, from global governance to technological innovation, and including issues of health, migration, and security.

Ocean Space hosts the day of Saturday, 6 June, featuring a rich program of talks and presentations with guests from a wide range of sectors and disciplines.

9:30am | Opening - Rekindling our relationship to the ocean: The role of Art and Culture - From Scientific observation to Civic Engagement 

Panel discussion curated by TBA21, with Sébastien Ruiz (Fondation Tara Océan), Haley Ha (Schmidt Ocean Institute), and Karmenu Vella (Former European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries), moderated by Markus Reymann (co-director TBA21).

Registration here.

10am | The Overview Effect - Space, Imagination, and the Future of Earth

With Ersilia Vaudo, astrophysicist at the European Space Agency and closely involved in the Artemis program.

From Net Positive to Regenerative Capital - Special Screening & High-Level Financial Dialogue

Screening of the movie Becoming Nature Positive, and conversation introduced and guided by Giovanna Melandri, Chair Human Foundation, CoFounder and global ambassador GSGImpact, independent ESG Board Member, with Paul Polman, business leader, investor, philanthropist; Marco Lambertini, convener Nature Positive Initiative, former Director General WWF International; Bertrand Badré, CEO Blue Like an Orange Sustainable Capital, Former CFO World Bank; and Nick Hurd, Senior Advisor GSG, Chair GSG Impact & ITF.

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12pm | Visualizing the Invisible - Art, Power, and the Geography of Climate 

Conversation moderated by Cristiano Seganfreddo, co-curator Venice Climate Week, with Davide Monteleone, Photographer and Visual Artist; Barbara Tagliaferri, Chief Brand & Communications Officer and Head of Arts & Culture Deloitte; Paolo Naldini, Director of Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto.

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3pm | Keynote - Thomas Crowther, Professor of Global Ecosystem Ecology at ETH Zürich; Founder of Restor

High-Level Dialogue | The Queens of the Deep: A Vision for Planet Aqua
Dialogue between Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer, Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic, and Founder of Mission Blue; and Rosalba Giugni, Founder and President of Marevivo, the driving force for ocean policy and civic courage.

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5:30pm | From Cities to Bioregions: regenerating urban systems through water, food, and territorial transformation

Conversation with Toshikazu Sawa, Director of the Urban Development Division at Tokyo Tatemono; Cynthia Echave Martínez, Co-Founder of SharedAgendas, Strategic Advisor on Systemic Transformation of Cities and Territories; and Merjin Dols, EU Portfolio Weaver at BWL Collective; moderated by Sara Roversi, co-curator Venice Climate Week.

Keynote - Olafur Eliasson

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6:30pm | Sonartico, a Sonic Expedition into the Arctic Circle by Chiara Luzzana

Introductory talk on the SONARTICO project with audio and video fragments from the Arctic expedition, and a world premiere live performance of 2 tracks from the album (releasing September 2026).

Registration here.