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#All4TheGreen will be a set of initiatives aimed at various types of public and organized in collaboration with civic, cultural, university, environmentalist, consortiums and associations, and dozens of companies that have decided to support the appeal for an economy that highlights efficiency saving and re-using resources. The #All4TheGreen initiative is spearheaded by the World Bank Group's Connect4Climate and the Italian Ministry of Environment on the lead up to the G7 Environment.
SDG Media Zone (#SDGLive)
The SDG Media Zone will be a privileged space for discussion and debate of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among some of the world’s top specialists, academics and activists will be channeled out to the world via social media to enable all individuals to participate online.
The SDG Media Zone will also create a groundbreaking ‘live link’ with the United Nations Oceans Conference in New York in order to highlight the critical importance of keeping the world’s oceans healthy for the well-being of mankind and bring the United Nations messages to Bologna.
The SDG Media Zone will welcome bloggers, high-level delegates and influencers from the private sector and civil society, to communicate innovations and partnerships as a call to action for the world to engage the SDGs through a climate change lens.
The forum is organized by Connect4Climate, the World Bank Group’s global partnership for climate change communications, in collaboration with Pvblic Foundation, and in partnership with the United Nations and the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land, and Sea.
Photo Credits: Sharon Carrasco
June 5th, Monday
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
9:30 am - Gian Luca Galletti, Minister of the Environment [IT]
10:00 am - Opening SDG Media Zone in Bologna: Max Thabiso Edkins, Connect4Climate [EN]
10:30 am - Interview with Nicolaj Pennestri, Artist [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
1:00 pm - From Producers to Consumers: Maria Adelia Zana, Coldiretti Donne Impresa Emilia Romagna on sustainable agriculture [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
1:15 pm - Agriculture's Environmental Impact Explained by Media: Chiara Giallonardo, RAI 1 journalist [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
1:30 pm - Love is the Answer: Antonia Testa, Climate Focolare Movement in Rome [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
1:45 pm - Mitigation: [EN]
Kadir Van Lohuizen, Photojournalist
Luca Attanasio, Journalist
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:15 pm - After You Reach the Top, You Have to Decrease: Lino Zani, journalist awarded Reporter for the Earth [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:30 pm - Oliviero Sorbini, Communication expert, Writer and TV Director (Stop Smoking) [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:45 pm - Photos for the Environment: Pierpaolo Mittica, Italian humanist photographer [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
4:15 pm - Live-watching of the UN Ocean Week Opening Ceremony, New York City
- Marco Astorri, President & CEO, Bio-on [IT] [EN]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
5:00 pm - The Power of Communications: Francesco Sole & Sofia Viscardi, young Youtubers and influencers [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
8:30 pm - Andrea Boragno, CEO, Alcantara, with the fashion designer Gentucca Bini [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
June 6th, Tuesday - Solutions for Sustainable Development
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
11:15 am - What to do next?: Federico Brocchieri, Vice President, Italian Climate Network [EN] [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
12:00 pm - Art4Climate: Franco Giacintucci, President of Molo 87, and Andrea Giacintucci, CEO, Molo 87 [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:45 pm - Towards a Sustainable Future: Lamberto Mancini, CEO, Touring Club Italiano [EN] [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
4:15 pm - SDG Media Zone Ocean Week (Live from New York City): Dan Thomas, Director of Communications, UN
4:30 pm - Addressing Land Pollution: Rossella Muroni, President, Legambiente [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
5:15 pm - Bologna's Commitment to the Green Economy: Giuseppe De Biasi, Città Metropolitana di Bologna [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
5:30 pm - A Message from Bologna to the SDG Media Zone Ocean Week in New York City [IT/EN]
Gian Luca Galletti, Minister of the Environment
Lucia Grenna, Connect4Climate's Program Manager
Students from the Alma Orienta - Università di Bologna
June 7th, Wednesday - Transition to a Green Economy
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
10:45 am - Assisi City of Peace and Harmony in the Green Economy: Stefania Proietti, Mayor of Assisi [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
11:30 am - Film for Environment: Allison Argo, Film Director, "The Last Pig" [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
11:45 am - Commitment to a Green Economy: Tommaso Perrone, Journalist, Lifegate [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
12:30 pm - Cinemabiente [IT]
Salvo Manzone, Film Director
Gustavo Ballesté, Film Director (Cinema Planeta)
12:45 pm - The Value of Sustainability: Angelo Trocchia, President and CEO, Unilever Italia [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
1:30 pm - The Most Important Mexican Festival: [EN]
Gustavo Ballesté, Film Drector
Eleonora Isunza, Film Drector
Giulia Camilla Braga, Senior Communications, Connect4Climate
2:00 pm - Co2: From Waste to Resources: Roberto Millini, Vice President, R&D Program Energy Transition, CO2 and Utilization Eni [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:30 pm - Flying to a Green Future: Tomaso Barilli, Head of Environment, Energy, Health, and Safety Department, Bologna Airport [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
3:30 pm - Live Conversation: [EN]
Dan Thomas, Director of Communications, UN (Live-stream from New York City)
Lucia Grenna, Connect4Climate's Program Manager
Louie Psihoyos, Film Director and Photographer
Andrea Braccialarghe, Managing Director America, Building Energy [EN]
4:00 pm - Building Energy: Andrea Braccialarghe, Managing Director America, Building Energy [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
5:00 pm - Eco-Sustainability of Packaging Becomes Innovation [IT]
Luca Brivio, Director of Communication, CONAI
Elisabetta Bottazzoli, Responsible for CONAI Environmental and Sustainability
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
6:00 pm - The Best Way to Create the Future You Want... is to Invent it: Pietro Calò, President, Is Tech [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
June 8th, Thursday - World Oceans Day
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
10:00 am - Towards a Low Carbon Future: Rosanna Fusco, Senior Vice President, Environment & Climate Change, Eni [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:00 pm - Singularity University and Climate Change: Eleonora Cogo, Member of the Italian Climate Change Negotiation team [EN]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:30 pm - Film4Climate: How the Industry is Coming Together: Michael Geidel, Producer, Filmuniversität [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
3:00 pm - Special Blue Prize (Live from New York) [EN]
Dan Thomas, Spokesperson for the President of the United Nations General Assembly
Charlotte de Fontaubert, World Bank
Juwang Zhu, Director of the Division of Sustainable Development
3:15 pm - Live Conversation (New York/Bologna): [EN]
Dan Thomas, Spokesperson for the President of the United Nations General Assembly
Tommy Remengesau, President, Palau
Mariasole Bianco, Environmental Scientist
Simona Masina, Director of the Department of Ocean Modelling and Data Simulation of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre
4:15 pm - Bologna, Letter for the Environment: [IT]
Arianna Censi, Citta' Metropolitana Milanese
Maria Cristina Pinoschi, Citta' Metropolitana Milanese
Gloria Zavatta, Environmental Director, Citta' Metropolitana Milanese
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
4:30 pm - WWF and the Environment of the 21st Century [IT]
Maria Grazia Midulla, Head of Climate and Energy at WWF Italy
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
5:00 pm - Climate Forecasts and Climate Change [IT]
Andrea Giuliacci, Meteorologist
Daniele Izzo, Meteorologist
Elisa Salamini, MeteoHeroes
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
5:30 pm - Financial and Social Sustainability: Stefano Venier, CEO, Hera Group [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
6:00 pm - Cinemabiente: David Monacchi, Professor of Electroacoustic [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
June 9th, Friday - Interfaith Dialogue
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
10:00 am - Let's Protect the Arctic: Simone Orlandini, President, World Artic Fund [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
10:30 am - Voice of the Environment: [EN]
Nika Saravanja, Film Director, Zeligfilm
Alessandro d'Emilia, D.O.P/Co-Director (Dusk Chorus)
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
12:30 pm - Interfaith Dialogue Luncheon
1:30 pm - Religions and Environment: A Future Together Built on Our Differences: Pier Ferdinando Casini, Chairman of the Senate's Foreign Affairs [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
1:45 pm - Notes for the Environment: Maestro Roberto Cacciapaglia, Music4Climate [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:00 pm - Together We Can: Swamini Hamsananda Ghiri, President of the Comitee for Interfaith Dialogue of the Italian Hindu Union [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:15 pm - Italian Islamic Religious Community for a Greener Future: BD Al-Sabur Turrini, Director General, Italian Islamic Religious Community [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:45 pm - Our Commitment to the Future: Giorgio Raspa, President of Italian Buddhist Union [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
3:30 pm - Interfaith Dialogue: Kathleen Rogers, President, Earth Day Network [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
4:00 pm - Sustainable Journalism: Giuseppe Mazzei, Professor and Journalist [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
4:30 pm - Every Day is Earth Day: Pierluigi Sassi, Earth Day Italia [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
4:45 pm - Changes of Bees in the Environment: Elisabetta Tedeschi, Communications Officer (CONAPI) [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
5:45 pm - Climate Change: Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, Climate-KIC [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
6:00 pm - Climate Change: Angelica Monaco, Director Climate, KIC Italy [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
6:15 pm - Bologna's Trees: Maria Anna Molin, Italian citizen from Bologna [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
June 10th, Saturday - Movements for Climate Action
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
11:30 am - The Students' Voice: Giacomo Cossu, Bologna Student Representative [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
11:45 am - Measuring Impact - Scaling Success [EN]
Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation
Nick Davis, CEO, Gridmarket
Trammel S. Crow, Founder, EARTHx
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
12:30 pm - Time is Running Out: [IT]
Luca Iacoboni, Head of Energy and Climate Campaign, Greenpeace
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:00 pm - The Environment in the Workplace: Simona Fabiani, Development Affairs, Environment, CGIL [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
June 11th, Sunday- G7 Environment Meetings
11:00 am - Discussion with Master's students from IULM: [IT]
Francesco D'Ambrosio, Master in Comunicazione per le Relazioni Internazionali, IULM
Giulia Da Col, Master in Comunicazione per le Relazioni Internazionali,IULM
Ginevra Amoruso, Master in Comunicazione per le Relazioni Internazionali, IULM
Edoardo Carra, Master in Comunicazione per le Relazioni Internazionali, IULM
11:30 am - Discussion with Margherita and Haramis [IT]
June 12th, Monday - G7 Environment Week Conclusion
Sala Tassinari, Palazzo D'Accursio - Piazza Maggiore
09:30 am - Discussion with Andres Useche, Film Director and Producer [EN]
Max Edkins, Climate Change Expert & Communications, Connect4Climate
10:30 am - Future Commitments: Maurizio Zollo, Università Bocconi [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
11:00 am - Conclusions and Future Commitments: Giuseppe Spanto, Founder and CEO, Is Tech [IT]
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
12:30 pm - Future Commitments: Pedro Faria, Techinical Director, CDP (at the Bologna Business University)
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
2:30 pm - Conclusion and Next Steps:
Maurizio Zollo, Università Bocconi
Marco Ottaviani, Vice-Rector for Research, Bocconi University
Nick Robbins, Co-Director, UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System
Hazhir Rahmandad, Professor, MIT
Francesco La Camera, Director General for Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate, Italian Ministry of Environment, Land & Sea
Oscar di Montigny, Head of Marketing, Communications and Innovation, Banca Mediolanum
Max Falcone, Strategic Communications, Connect4Climate
Photo Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins/Connect4Climate
#All4TheGreen Film Screenings
The dramatic setting is Piazza Maggiore, Bologna’s central square, where people have gathered for entertainment, discourse, learning and laughter for many centuries.
Piazza Maggiore will be the premium location for solar-powered and Europe’s biggest open-air cinema screen which will show a diverse selection of environmentally focused films such as Beyond the Flood, and Racing Extinction to a seated audience of thousands, thanks to the partnership with the Cineteca of Bologna.
June 6th, Tuesday
6:00 pm Cinema Lumière 
Nahui Ollin, Sol de movimiento, Mexico, 2017 by Carlos Armella, Antonino Isordia, Michelle Ibaven, Gustavo Martínez Ballesté, Eleonora Isunza Gutiérrez, Teresa Camou, Sergio Blanco and Roberto Olivares (83’)
8:00 pm Cinema Lumière A Finestra Sul Porcilediario Hitchcockhiano di un Ecologista (Italy, 2017), by Salvo Mazone (75') 9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Racing Extinction (2015, 90’), directed by Louie Psihoyos June 7th, Wednesday
8:00 pm Cinema Lumière The Last Pig (USA, 2017) by Allison Argo (54’)
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore El Abrazo de la Serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent) (Colombia-Venezuela-Argentina, 2015, 125’), directed by Ciro Guerra.
June 8th, Thursday
6:00 pm Cinema Lumière Dusk Chorus - Based on Fragments of Extinction (Italy, 2016) by Nika Šaravanja and Alessandro d’Emilia (68’). Introduced by Nika Šaravanja, Alessandro d'Emilia and the musician David Monacchi
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Punto di Non Ritorno - Before the Flood (2016, 96', produced, among others, by Leonardo DiCaprio), directed by Fisher Stevens
If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. He goes on expeditions with scientists uncovering the reality of climate change and meets with political leaders fighting against inaction. He also discovers a calculated disinformation campaign orchestrated by powerful special interests working to confuse the public about the urgency of the growing climate crisis. With unprecedented access to thought leaders around the world, DiCaprio searches for hope in a rising tide of catastrophic news. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award®-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent the disruption of life on our planet. Beyond the steps we can take as individuals, the film urges viewers to push their elected officials in supporting the use of alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. “We need everyone to demand bold action from their political leaders and to elect representatives who have their best interests at heart, not the interests of corporations to perpetuate a cycle of greed and destruction,” says DiCaprio. “This documentary shows how interconnected the fate of all humanity is — but also the power we all possess as individuals to build a better future for our planet.”
Official trailer:
June 9th, Friday
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Collapse of the Oceans (2016, 50', an episode from thw Years of Living Dangerously series, produced, among others, by James Cameron), directed by Martha Jeffries
There is one place on Earth where the impacts of climate change are most profound and yet practically invisible: the oceans. As global emissions soar, the oceans are becoming warmer and more acidic, creating unbearable living conditions for all marine life and threatening precious ecosystems. Joshua Jackson travels to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to look at the devastating impacts of ocean warming on the world’s largest reef system and the predicted impact of ocean acidification. In the Philippines, he looks at the impact of climate change in a place where hundreds of millions of people rely on healthy reefs for food, income, and protection from storms. Oceans, which cover 70 percent of the world, are crucial to our species’ survival. What will happen if our life-support system is disrupted? Without healthy oceans, we have everything to lose.
Spotlight video:
June 10th, Saturday
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Thank You For the Rain (USA, 2017, 90'), directed by Julia Dahr in collaboration with Kisilu. From the 2017 Turin International CinemAmbiente Film Festival
Five years ago Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, started to use his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change. When a violent storm throws him and a Norwegian filmmaker together we see him transform from a father to a community leader and activist on the global stage.
Official trailer:
June 12th, Monday
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Il Mondo Perduto i Cortometraggi di Vittorio de Seta (Italy, 1954-1958, 90’), a cycle of environment-focused documentaries restored by the Bologna Cineteca with Martin Scorsese’s support.
June 13th, Tuesday
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Dersu Uzala, Il Piccolo Uomo della Grande Pianura (USSR, Japan, 145’), directed by Akira Kurosawa
1902: In the wilderness along the Ussuri River, bordering on Manchuria, Dersu Uzala, a solitary Mongolian hunter of an indefinite age meets the small cartographic shipment of Russian Captain Arseniev. The Nomad saves officer's life and the two become friends. They will find themselves five years later, and this time the Mongolian will have to live the life of the Russian.
June 14th, Wednesday
9:45 pm Piazza Maggiore Les Saisons (France, 2016, 96'), directed by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud
Eighteen years. The last glaze lasted so long. After which the earth has changed shape and appearance, the seasons have begun their cycle, the flora and fauna have evolved. Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud tell us the history of the European continent's forest from that long winter to today, a story in which man is not the protagonist, but deeply tied to nature and animals.
Europe’s biggest open-air cinema screen powered by solar energy has been set up at Piazza Maggiore in Bologna. Photo Credits: Max Thabiso Edkins/Connect4Climate
Banner and Thumbnail Photo Credits to Riccardo Savi/Connect4Climate
Interfaith Dialogue
June 9th, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm: "The Dialogue Table of Bologna - Interfaith Forum on Environmental Protection: A Charter of Values and Actions" - Cappella Farnese Palazzo D’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
"The Dialogue Table of Bologna - Interfaith Forum on Environmental Protection: A Charter of Values and Actions” will take place on June 9th in Bologna, Italy, just before the G7 Environment Ministers’ Meeting. The forum will consist of two sessions:
Morning Conference
The first session, in the morning, will engage prominent spiritual leaders of the great world religions around to draft a Charter of Values. Representatives invited include:
HH Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
HE Monsignor Matteo Maria Zuppi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna
HE Dr. Adnan Badran, representing HRH Prince of Jordan Hassan Bil Talal
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Al-Tayeb
Alfonso Arbib, President of the Rabbinic Assembly of the Union of the Jewish Italian Communities
Giorgio Raspa, President of Italian Buddhist Union
Swamini Hamsananda Ghiri, President of the Dialogue Committee of the Italian Hindu Union, Sanatana Dharma Samgha
Afternoon Workshop
The afternoon session will engage representatives of global faith-based organizations involved in projects, initiatives around the theme of safeguarding and protecting the environment and will result in a Charter of Actions. Representatives invited include:
Rav Alberto Sermoneta, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Bologna, representing The Italian Council for a Beautiful Israel.
Imam Yahya Pallavicini, President of C.O.R.E.I.S, Comunità Religiosa Islamica Italiana
Cecilia Dall'Oglio, Global Catholic Climate Movement.
Mariangela Falà, President of Maitreya Foundation, Istituto di Cultura Buddhista.
Gianluca Troiano, Environmental Project of the Italian Hindu Union, Sanatana Dharma Samgha.
Fausto Verti, Religions For Peace director, Varese
Mattias Söderberg, Act-Alliance
Fausto Prandini, Movimento Focolari, responsabile ‘Overseas Onlus’
Coordination: Andrea Stocchiero, Policy Officer Focsiv
Run of Show (tentative, TBC)
10:00 am: Welcome coffee
10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Conference
10:30 am: Opening remarks:
Gian Luca Galletti, Italy’s Minister of Environment
Virginio Merola, City Mayor of Bologna
10:50 am: Welcome Remarks - Opening of works
Monsignor Matteo Maria Zuppi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna
12:30 pm: Charter of Values signature
1:00 pm: Lunch
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Workshop
5:30 pm: Charter of Actions signature
Open to the public
June 10th: The Charter of Values and the Charter of Actions, aimed at engaging citizens, associations, religious and secular organizations, and governments around a more responsible preservation of the planet, will be presented by a rapporteur to the Ministers and the authorities attending the G7 Environment.
High School and Climate Literacy
June 9th, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Final and "High School Game" Award - Sala dello Stabat Mater, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio, Piazza Galvani, 1
