“Let’s change! Il clima sta cambiando. Parliamone”, the Public and Social Engagement – ​​Third Mission project of the Department of Engineering and Architecture at UniTS, is back. The effects of climate change are increasingly tangible in Trieste too. Negative impacts on terrestrial and marine ecosystems and extreme weather events such as flooding and heatwaves are causing increasingly significant damage to the local area, to infrastructure and facilities of public interest, to economic activities, and to health. From this perspective, sharing scientific knowledge on the ongoing transition and promoting awareness-raising initiatives and mobilizing governments and civil society is increasingly urgent.

Three meetings from the series "Adapting Trieste to Climate Change. Towards a Participatory Agenda of Possible Actions" are planned at the Urban Center in May 2026. These meetings are designed as opportunities for collective discussion aimed at identifying concrete proposals to be presented to city institutions by October 2026.

On Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 5:30 PM, the Urban Center, Corso Cavour 2/2, Trieste, will host the first meeting of the project "Let's Change! The Climate is Changing. Let's Talk About It", titled "Greenery, Soil, Water: Rethinking Urban Spaces and Their Transformations".

With an introduction by:

Cristina Driusso, Municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro

Elena Marchigiani, University of Trieste

The experience of the Municipality of Lignano offers numerous insights for integrating plans and actions dedicated to climate change adaptation: from urban greenery to sustainable mobility, from revegetalization to de-waterproofing, to the redevelopment of public spaces.

The participatory roundtables are open to anyone interested in sharing positions and solutions to make Trieste a city capable of adapting to ongoing climate change.

Specifically, this participatory roundtable is aimed at citizens interested in imagining integrated urban regeneration trajectories for climate adaptation, green spaces, and the redevelopment of open spaces.

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