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SUMMARY:Venice Climate Week 2026 | Business under pressure: a crisis simulation workshop for SMEs
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Venice Climate Week 2026 – Planet Aqua\, Planet Peace\, of which Venice Sustainability Foundation is a partner\, VSF promotes and organizes the workshop “Business under pressure: a crisis simulation workshop for SMEs”\, scheduled for Friday\, June 5\, 2026\, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM\, at Sala due Colonne – Tolentini – Università Iuav di Venezia.  \nVenice Climate Week 2026\, to be held in Venice from June 3 to 8\, focuses on water as a decisive element for the future of cities\, territories\, and economic systems\, from an adaptation\, resilience\, and international cooperation perspective. \nWithin this framework\, the workshop will provide an opportunity for in-depth discussion and exchange on how small and medium-sized enterprises can strengthen their ability to respond to climate emergencies\, infrastructure disruptions\, and sudden crises through preparedness tools\, business continuity planning\, and risk assessment. \nThrough a simulation exercise inspired by water-related risks in the Venetian context\, the meeting will explore the role that businesses\, institutions\, and local actors can play together in improving business continuity and contributing to the development of more resilient territorial systems. \nThe workshop is aimed at SMEs\, merchants\, entrepreneurs\, hospitality facilities\, museums\, cultural operators\, professionals\, technical experts\, and local stakeholders interested in the topics of resilience\, business continuity\, and adaptation to climate risks. \nSpeakers will include Yigyeong Oh\, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Implementation Expert at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) – Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ROECA)\, and Ignasi Fontanals\, SME Resilience & City Ecosystems Consultant at UNDRR and founder of Resilient Systems Hub. \nThe initiative is organized with the support of Università Iuav di Venezia and Alilaguna\, in collaboration with institutional partners United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030). \nThe workshop will be conducted in English.\n\nParticipation is free of charge\, subject to registration\, and until seats are filled: REGISTRATION FORM.
URL:https://vsf.foundation/en/eventi/workshop-strengthening-sme-resilience-in-challenging-contexts/
LOCATION:Sala Due Colonne\, Università Iuav di Venezia – Tolentini\, Santa Croce 191\, Campo dei Tolentini\, Venezia\, 30135\, Italy
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SUMMARY:35 Economic Forum di Karpacz: Panel VSF "Between Two Pressures – Climate Risk and People Flows in Tourist Cities"
DESCRIPTION:Discussion Panel VSF “Between Two Pressures – Climate Risk and People Flows in Tourist Cities” \n9th September | 6:25 pm \n35°Economic Forum | Karpacz (Poland) \nABSTRACT\nTourism destinations are increasingly exposed to two simultaneous pressures: the effects of climate change and the growing concentration of visitors. \nFlooding\, heatwaves\, drought\, wildfires\, extreme weather events and sea-level rise affect cities and territories with different geographical and economic characteristics. At the same time\, large visitor flows place increasing pressure on mobility\, public spaces\, housing\, waste management\, urban services and local communities. \nAlthough different in nature\, these phenomena raise a common governance challenge: how can destinations understand changing conditions\, anticipate critical thresholds and act before their impacts become unmanageable? \nData\, forecasting systems\, resilient infrastructure and coordinated decision-making can help cities and territories move from emergency response to prevention. The session will explore how climate adaptation\, data-informed decisions and visitor-flow management can be integrated into the governance of tourism destinations\, before addressing the economic\, institutional and insurance implications of increasing climate risks. \nThe discussion will draw on the emblematic case of Venice\, where the MOSE system regulates tidal flows and the analysis of city-user movements supports the understanding and management of pressure on the urban system. The aim is not to present Venice as a model to be replicated\, but to use its experience as a starting point for a broader discussion on solutions that can be adapted to destinations facing different combinations of climate and tourism pressures. \nAGENDA\nINTRODUCTION \nDamiano De Marchi\, Project Manager for Sustainable Tourism\, Venice Sustainability Foundation (VSF)\nThe Venice case. The double flood of sea and tourism: data\, tools and solutions for urban resilience \nPANEL \nAnna Pilarczyk\, Mayor\, Ogrodzieniec City Council \nOgrodzieniec and the tourism tide: promoting and governing a phenomenon\, not enduring it \nMonika Besenyei\, Director\, Climate Policy Institute Mathias Corvinus Collegium\nClimate mitigation policies: the role of institutions and education \nAlessandro Moricca\, Chief Executive Officer\, Consap\nManaging climate crises: public responsibility\, insurance and reconstruction \nRafał Zwolak\, Mayor\, Zamość \nMODERATED DISCUSSION \nThis session will bring together the five speakers and address two questions: \n\nIn your view\, what is the priority action for strengthening the capacity to anticipate the negative impacts of tourism or climate change on territories and communities?\nWhich tools\, in your view\, can facilitate stronger public-private collaboration in managing tourism and climate phenomena?\n\nCONCLUSION REMARKS \nModerator: Damiano De Marchi\, Project Manager for Sustainable Tourism\, Venice Sustainability Foundation (VSF) \n\nDOWNLOAD\nPanelist Bios \nSlide Deck
URL:https://vsf.foundation/en/eventi/25-economic-forum-di-karpacz-panel-vsf-between-two-pressures-climate-risk-and-people-flows-in-tourist-cities/
LOCATION:Hotel Gołębiewski in Karpacz\, Karkonoska 14\, Karpacz\, Poland
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SUMMARY:COP31 | ITALY PAVILION - Side event VSF | ACT 3: “VENICE\, A TALE OF TWO FLOODINGS” Governing the Oldest City of the Future
DESCRIPTION:Venice: A Tale of Two Floodings is the third in a series of COP events on Venice’s resilience that began in Baku in 2024 and continued in Belém in 2025. It explores present-day Venice through the lens of two “floods”. The first is the flooding caused by exceptionally high tides\, which shaped daily life in Venice for years and against which the MOSE flood barriers now protect the city. The second is the influx of visitors\, whose numbers have grown in Venice\, as elsewhere\, over recent decades. These phenomena differ fundamentally in nature. One stems from climate-related pressures from the sea\, the other from the human pressures associated with mass tourism. Both present a similar governance challenge. Cities need to measure\, anticipate and manage global forces that could exceed the carrying capacity of urban areas and their surrounding territories. Left unchecked\, these forces can set in motion a process of decline that threatens the very survival of cities. \nThe event explores how cities can use research\, forecasting\, decision-making and management tools to strengthen urban and environmental resilience in practice. To address water-related risks\, Venice has developed a comprehensive system of protection\, monitoring and adaptation that includes the MOSE flood barriers and nature-based solutions. To manage visitor flows\, new monitoring and data analysis tools give city authorities an increasingly precise picture of the intensity\, distribution and impacts of visitor pressure\, helping them make informed decisions. \nThe common theme is the governance of resilience. How can a city translate data\, scientific knowledge and forecasts into decisions\, policies and actions that keep it liveable as the pressures it faces continue to change? \nThe first part of the panel examines both dimensions of the “double flood”\, drawing on scientific\, academic and technical expertise in lagoon monitoring\, climate risk assessment and visitor flow analysis. CORILA\, Università Iuav di Venezia and data analysis experts outline the challenges and discuss the evidence and analytical tools that can inform public action. \nThe second part shifts the discussion from knowledge to action\, bringing together two cities from very different geographical and institutional settings. Both serve as Resilience Hubs in the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) global network\, an initiative led by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). \nVenice presents its approach to managing climate-related and human pressures in a lagoon environment where land and sea meet. The lagoon is home to one of the world’s most treasured cities\, a place people from across the globe wish to visit. Barcarena\, an Amazonian city in the Brazilian state of Pará\, shares its experience of a territory shaped by water\, where major river systems converge and connect with the Atlantic. The city has developed a multi-stakeholder approach to disaster risk reduction and is strengthening its urban climate planning through the use of risk and emissions data. Comparing the two cities highlights different tools\, policy choices and approaches to governance\, while identifying shared principles and solutions that other cities could adapt. \nVenice thus contributes to an international network of cities testing new approaches to urban resilience. Beyond its role as a case study\, it serves as a laboratory where scientific expertise\, public administration\, the ability to bring people and institutions together\, and innovation all help shape decisions. \nKamal Kishore\, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR\, broadens the perspective in his closing remarks. He places the experiences of Venice and Barcarena in the context of the global challenge of disaster risk reduction. He also highlights how the MCR2030 network and its Resilience Hubs provide platforms for cities and regions to share knowledge\, test solutions and put resilience practices developed elsewhere into use. \nThe panel is a side event at the Italy Pavilion at COP31 in Antalya\, Türkiye. It is organised by VSF in collaboration with Università Iuav di Venezia and CORILA.
URL:https://vsf.foundation/en/eventi/cop31-italy-pavilion-side-event-vsf-act-3-venice-a-tale-of-two-floodings-governing-the-oldest-city-of-the-future/
LOCATION:Antalya\, Türkiye
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