MOSE as a worldwide best practice for protecting cities from rising seas and tidal phenomena is the theme of the meeting opening the Sustainability Biennial. In fact, the MOSE system, accompanied by a wide range of other measures implemented in the lagoon and the islands of the littoral, will effectively defend Venice from October 2020....
For three weeks, designers and professionals from Italy and around the world will work together with more than a thousand Iuav students on the development of a shared project, united by attention to environmental, social and cultural sustainability. The workshop addresses the theme by focusing on sea level rise, the defence or adaptation systems required...
More than two-thirds of the world's major cities are coastal cities, vulnerable to sea-level rise and extreme weather events. The aim of the conference is to deepen, with an eye that embraces the entire planet, the present and future sustainability of adaptation measures to the rise of sea level in the urban context; through a...
©PaoloPellegrin/MagnumPhotos This side event of the Biennale della Sostenibilità 2023 - L’era del Mose is the photo exhibition "Paolo Pellegrin. L'orizzonte degli eventi" by Marsilio Arte and Fondazione Cini. In the "Le stanze della fotografia" space, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, from August 30, 2023 to January 7, 2024, will take...
Venice, founded on the sea and closely linked to it, is implementing a sustainable defense that does not imply an "isolation" from this dimension, but an opening to new perspectives. Recently, the city has pledged to promote a sustainable"blue growth" approach for the Mediterranean and beyond, involving Venetian research institutes and soliciting the European Union's...
On September 21, 2023, the event "Balancing Port Development and Lagoon Preservation: achieving a Sustainable Equilibrium is already possible," a side event of the Bienniale della Sostenibilità 2023 - The MOSE era, was held, during which the results of the study "Channeling the Green Deal for Venice," a project of the North Adriatic Sea Port...
For attendance details contact: alessandro.scardino@vsf.foundation Thanks to its storing and transporting capability, thus addressing intermittent renewable sources limitations, hydrogen plays an increasingly evident role in the transition to an economy in line with Net Zero carbon emission targets. Given their progressive maturation, technologies based on this energy carrier - including hydrogen fuels - can play...
In light of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, it is crucial to address the challenges posed by rising sea levels and extreme meteorological events, which are expected to increase in frequency. Even with efforts to decarbonize our economies, the sea level is projected to rise for the next two centuries, putting at risk...
