20.05.2026 "We Are the Green Deal" - Science Café

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 2026
We Are the Green Deal: Science Café
"THE EARTH BY FIRE AND SWORD: how can we remain indifferent or even be deniers?"
5.00–6.30 pm, Serra dei Giardini
Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1254, 30122 Castello (VE)
==> Event part of the 2026 Europe Day celebrations in Venice
Free admission upon registration via Google Form

 

On Wednesday 20 May 2026, from 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm, the science café "THE EARTH BY FIRE AND SWORD: how can we remain indifferent or even be deniers?" will take place in Venice, marking the first event in the series "We Are the Green Deal 2026". 

The science café will take place at Serra dei Giardini, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1254, 30122 Castello (VE).
Admission is free upon registration via the dedicated Google Form.

If you had a high fever, would you throw away the thermometer or call the doctor? We do not see the climate crisis not because it is small, but because it is enormous, pervasive and frightens us. Amitav Ghosh calls this denial "great blindness" We can still avoid irreversible tipping points, but time is running out.

 

The meeting will be opened by Francesca Vianello - Europe Direct Venezia Veneto, Luciana Favaro - EuCliPa.IT, and Erica Villa - Distretto Veneziano Ricerca e Innovazione (DVRI).
Fabio Trincardi - Associato Senior CNR-ISMAR will speak.

The series of meetings "We Are the Green Deal 2026" is organised by  Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the Municipality of Venice, EuCliPA.it – Association of Italian Ambassadors for the European Climate Pact, CNR-ISP Venice (National Research Council and Institute of Polar Sciences), CNR-ISMAR (CNR Institute of Marine Sciences) and DVRI – Venetian Research and Innovation District, comprising a total of three meetings between May and September 2026 on climate change and the need for a radical transformation of lifestyles, the economy and society.
The May science café is part of the programme for Europe Day in Venice, 4–31 May 2026.