"Climate ChanCe" - Climate Change Contest 2026

CLIMATE CHANCE 2026 - Climate Crisis "The Grand Challenge" | XIV Edition 2026

The “Climate ChanCe” Climate Change Competition now in its 14° edition entitled “Climate Crisis - The Grand Challenge” will be held again in 2026. 
The international communication and creativity contest for published and unpublished works on the theme of climate change is organized by the Shylock Association Centro Universitario Teatrale di Venezia. The association Shylock Centro Universitario Teatrale di Venezia announces the 14° edition of the International Communication and Creativity Competition “Climate ChanCe” part of the multi-year project “Climate Change - The Grand Challenge”. The initiative aims to enhance works and projects that propose an effective message on the issue of the climate crisis and related environmental and social aspects.

With the collaboration of:
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the Municipality of Venice

With the patronage of:
CMCC – EUROMEDITERRANEAN CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGES
WWF ITALY
LEGAMBIENTE
ISDE ITALIA - MEDICI PER L'AMBIENTE

The competition:
The competition is open to all national and international participants aged 18 and over, either individually or collectively, including groups, associations, private entities, and public institutions. Persons under the age of 18 may participate as members of school or informal groups managed by representatives over the age of 18. Both unpublished works and works that have already been made public may be submitted, using any form of creative expression or medium.
 
It is possible to submit unpublished works and projects of creative communication created using any technique and form of expression.
Participants may register for both of the following sections and submit multiple works in each section:
SECTION 1 Submission of unpublished works and projects by individual or collective authors.
SECTION 2 Submission of published works and completed/public projects by authors, publishers, or other third parties.

 
The 2026 edition of the competition gives particular — though not exclusive — attention to several thematic areas:
-Investigations into the effects of extreme weather events: territories transformed, and protagonists or victims telling the story of the crisis.
-Shared responsibility in addressing the climate crisis: from citizens to administrators and national governments.
-Mobility in Italy between inefficiencies, public transport costs, and the marginalization of young people. Virtuous national and international examples.
-Telling the story of sustainable alternatives to fast fashion: the “language” of reused clothing or garments created without harming the environment.
-Gender-based violence, gender identity, and aggressive human impact on the natural environment.
-Experiences of social and environmental adaptation.
-Northern Italy, between economic leadership and the Mediterranean climate hotspot.
-Venice as both a potential environmental laboratory and a striking example of unsustainable management.
-The European continent: temperatures are rising faster than in the rest of the planet. Where and how to live.

 
Deadlines for submission of works (to concorso@cut.it ):
September 30, 2026 – by midnight for all participants.

On Thursday, November 26, 2026, a public event will take place at the Ateneo Veneto in Venice to share the results, featuring public readings of excerpts from the submitted texts, video screenings, and an exhibition of the selected works, in the presence of Luca Mercalli, other experts from the scientific and cultural world, and under the patronage of CNI UnescoSee the public event of the 2025 edition.
Complete information: www.cut.it

For more information:
Comune di Venezia
EUROPE DIRECT VENEZIA VENETO
Ca' Farsetti, San Marco 4136 - 30124 Venezia
numero verde 800 496200
fax 041 2748182
www.comune.venezia.it/europedirect
infoeuropa@comune.venezia.it

Ultimo aggiornamento: 07/05/2026 ore 12:06