A public meeting to explore the current and future impacts of climate change, starting with coastal cities and communities, which are facing increasing and sometimes disruptive phenomena: rising seas and oceans, erosion and subsidence that now directly affect hundreds of millions of people. The life and organisation of cities and metropolises; historical, archaeological and monumental cultural heritage and urban landscapes; infrastructure and architecture: for many communities, these are already having to contend with the dangers of flooding, extreme heat and the prospect of further threats. The meeting aims to provide the most up-to-date and qualified scientific information on these issues and to examine advanced experiences and proposals for urban, architectural, ecological, technological and monitoring programming, planning and design to contribute to sustainable and regenerative urban and territorial adaptation strategies.
First session - focusing on the theme of Adaptation: from reporting extreme cases to innovative proposals for turning them into a strategy for defence and resilience, architectural, urban, and territorial development, and the promotion of new industrial sectors, professionalism, and employment.
Chair:
Francesco Rutelli
Speakers:
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco (President of La Biennale di Venezia), Marco Lombardi (CEO of Proger), Erasmo D'Angelis (President of the Earth Water Agenda Foundation), Giulio Boccaletti (Scientific Director of CMCC – video message), Federica Brancaccio (President of ANCE), Paola Darò (Proger MENS Consortium – Sacertis), Alberto Tripi (President of Almaviva and Member of Soft Power Club – video message); Chicco Testa (Vice President of Proger).
