Events

Climathon is an international event, coordinated by Climate-KIC, focused on active citizen engagement to tackle the challenges posed by climate change. The CSRCC organized the Climathon Venice 2025, held on 4–5 October 2025 at the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco, Venice. The event actively involved around thirty participants – citizens, students, professionals and representatives of local associations – who took part in the workshops, while another fifty people attended the event’s final day as spectators. The Climathon focused on finding “bottom-up” solutions for the climate adaptation of Venice and its lagoon, with two strands closely tied to the city’s identity: on one hand, the search for ideas to support the most vulnerable people, paying special attention to the characteristics of the historic centre; on the other hand, the development of proposals capable of actively protecting and enhancing the lagoon ecosystem, leveraging biodiversity and traditional knowledge as a resource for the future. Participants, divided into six groups, imagined proposals ranging from the creation of a renewable energy community, to the construction of vertical gardens to reduce the urban heat island effect, to the creation of networks for collaboration between small businesses and associations to develop joint projects inspired by the values of sustainability, environmental justice and participation. The Climathon marks the start of a public engagement programme that is organised into two parallel tracks: InnovationLab, an innovation track designed to develop the ideas that emerged during the event into projects or start-ups, and an educational track with local schools.

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The CSRCC has organized its first summer school dedicated to climate change in coastal areas, aimed at students, researchers, and professionals, in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IUAV University, and the Veneto Institute of Sciences, Letters, and Arts. 

The summer school took place at the Sala dell’Adunanza in Palazzo Loredan, located in the historic centre of Venice, San Marco 2945. The school is part of the initiative “Living on the Water. Towards 2100 - Sea Level Science in Venice”, a broad-reaching international event that brings together the CSRCC summer school, the final conference of the ERC project WARMCOASTS, and a workshop of the PALSEA and ONSEA working groups. The synergy between these three events has made Venice a focal point for advancing climate change research.

The summer school featured a rich educational programme covering various topics related to climate change in coastal areas, including the dynamic interactions that shape the evolution of coastal zones, alongside with adaptation, resilience and urban planning. The programme included 21 distinguished speakers from prestigious national and foreign universities and research centres, including Columbia University, Harvard University (USA), and City University of Hong Kong (HK). 

The event has attracted approximately 40 international participants, which include PhD students and young researchers studying climate change from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Overall, the summer school has been a high-level scientific event, fostering knowledge exchange and the creation of professional networks.

Full programme 12-17/06/2025

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The CSRCC has been a Legacy Partner of the Venice Climate Week 2025, an international event organized in Venice from June 3 to June 8, 2025. The event, curated by journalist Riccardo Luna with the support of the Future Food Institute, is designed as a platform for international leadership and systemic change, where science, governance, and innovation converge. In particular, the CSRCC contributed to the opening day on June 3 at the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco and to the day dedicated to water on June 4 at Ocean Space, with two speeches by its President, prof. Carlo Barbante.