Sustainability
We are working for a sustainable development that respects the needs of today, without taking away from future generations the chances to live and believe in a healthy, clean, and fairer world
Welcome to
The Climate Route
A journey towards
sustainability
Documenting climate change
- Climate change
- Documentary
- Journey
- Sustainability
Our History
A route built stage by stage, from 2020 to today.
Not an archival chronology, but six chapters to understand how an idea shared on social media became a documentary, a community, and an international presence.
Our story
Where it all begins
Chapter
01
July - September 2020
The origin
From an initial video shared by the founders to a meeting with volunteers, The Climate Route takes shape as a collective project.
The story begins with a simple yet radical idea: telling the climate crisis as a real journey, with faces, places, and testimonies. In just a few months, that idea stops being a post and becomes a crew.
Manifesto
Founders
Volunteers
Location
Italy
Weight
First crew · from vision to organization
Detail to remember
“A manifesto, then a group, then a route.”
July 2020
Hero milestone
Birth of the Project
Creation of the first official video with the founding members, presenting the initial idea and defining the tone of the journey.
September 26, 2020
First Volunteers Meeting
Roles, responsibilities, and the project's first concrete steps are defined.
Our story
The territory enters the scene
Chapter
02
May - December 2021
The first field tests
The project leaves the planning table, meets real territories, and builds an initial community around the journey.
Between Sicily, podcasts, and crowdfunding, The Climate Route tests its language and understands that climate storytelling works when it stays close to people, places, and concrete consequences.
Mission
Podcast
Community
Location
Sicily, Turin, online community
Weight
First missions · the project is tested on the ground
Detail to remember
“Before it became a documentary, it was listening.”
May - June 2021
Hero milestone
Sicily Expedition
The first mission documents fires, coastal erosion, and testimonies from the territory.
June - July 2021
Podcast "From Climate to the Bottom"
Together with FriDa UNITO, an audio format is born that broadens the audience and consolidates the project's narrative tone.
December 2021
First Crowdfunding Campaign
The community responds beyond expectations and makes the following year's expedition possible.
Our story
The project takes up space
Chapter
03
March - November 2022
The turning point
The project finds its scale: a major public action, a transformative expedition, and entry into the international climate debate.
In 2022, The Climate Route stops being a promise and becomes a recognizable presence. The expedition from Italy to Georgia changes the project's ambition and defines its narrative substance.
Public action
Expedition
COP27
Location
Italy, Georgia, COP27
Weight
Italy → Georgia · the great expedition changes the project's scale
Detail to remember
“From campaign to journey, from symbolic gesture to transnational narrative.”
June 24 - July 27, 2022
Hero milestone
The Great Climate Expedition
The journey that redefined the project, documenting the effects of climate change along a route from Italy to Georgia.
March 26, 2022
STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
The largest human-made message ever photographed from space turns the message into a memorable public image.
November 2022
COP27 Sharm El Sheikh
The collected testimonies enter the international climate conversation.
Our story
Inside the global debate
Chapter
04
December 2023
The project enters the world
Participation in COP28 brings The Climate Route into one of the symbolic places of the global climate conversation.
In Dubai, the project observes, documents, interviews, and tests its perspective within an international context. It is no longer just a journey, it is a voice seeking its place in the global debate.
Conference
Interviews
Observation
Location
Dubai
Weight
COP28 · a new scale of interlocutors
Detail to remember
“The narrative meets the negotiations.”
December 2023
Hero milestone
COP28 Dubai
Participation in COP28 as observers and storytellers, among interviews, meetings, and field documentation.
During the conference
Interviews and presence on the ground
The presence at COP consolidates the project's positioning as a direct witness to the climate crisis.
Our story
From journey to screen
Chapter
05
March - December 2024
The documentary takes shape
The journey becomes a film, and the film begins to circulate, entering theaters, festivals, and international contexts.
The documentary's release marks the passage from lived experience to shared work. Throughout the year, selections and recognitions arrive that confirm the strength of the story.
Documentary
Festival
Distribution
Location
Italy, Cyprus, Nigeria
Weight
Film in circulation · the story finds its definitive format
Detail to remember
“The route becomes public memory.”
March 2024
Hero milestone
Documentary Release
The Climate Route – Unknown Climate Stories reaches the public and makes shareable the journey that gave birth to the project.
November 2024
Travel FilmFest Cyprus
The documentary is a finalist in the Travel Documentary Short category.
December 2024
Benin City Film Festival
Official selection and recognition for its contribution to the debate on climate and sustainability.
Our story
The story keeps traveling
Chapter
06
February 2025
International recognition
The documentary's circulation continues and brings The Climate Route to Bangladesh, confirming the project's ability to speak beyond its original context.
Selection at the Bogura International Film Festival closes the project's first major arc: from a local idea to a recognized presence on an international circuit.
Festival
Bangladesh
Recognition
Location
Bogura, Bangladesh
Weight
Bogura IFF · the story moves beyond its initial boundaries
Detail to remember
“The journey changes language, not intention.”
February 2025
Hero milestone
Bogura International Film Festival
The documentary is selected and screened in Bangladesh, reinforcing the project's international reach.
Official screening
New audiences, same urgency
The film continues to be an accessible entry point for talking about the climate crisis through human stories.
Where it all begins
2020
Scenario
From an initial video shared by the founders to a meeting with volunteers, The Climate Route takes shape as a collective project.
The territory enters the scene
2021
Scenario
The project leaves the planning table, meets real territories, and builds an initial community around the journey.
The project takes up space
2022
Scenario
The project finds its scale: a major public action, a transformative expedition, and entry into the international climate debate.
Media
Inside the global debate
2023
Scenario
Participation in COP28 brings The Climate Route into one of the symbolic places of the global climate conversation.
Media
From journey to screen
2024
Scenario
The journey becomes a film, and the film begins to circulate, entering theaters, festivals, and international contexts.
Media
The story keeps traveling
2025
Scenario
The documentary's circulation continues and brings The Climate Route to Bangladesh, confirming the project's ability to speak beyond its original context.
Media
Where it all begins
2020
Chapter 1
July - September 2020
The origin
2020
Chapter 1
Where it all begins
From an initial video shared by the founders to a meeting with volunteers, The Climate Route takes shape as a collective project.
July 2020
Birth of the Project
Creation of the first official video with the founding members, presenting the initial idea and defining the tone of the journey.
Manifesto
Founders
Volunteers
Location
Italy
Weight
First crew
from vision to organization
The story begins with a simple yet radical idea: telling the climate crisis as a real journey, with faces, places, and testimonies. In just a few months, that idea stops being a post and becomes a crew.
September 26, 2020
First Volunteers Meeting
Roles, responsibilities, and the project's first concrete steps are defined.
Why it matters
“A manifesto, then a group, then a route.”
The territory enters the scene
2021
Chapter 2
May - December 2021
The first field tests
2021
Chapter 2
The territory enters the scene
The project leaves the planning table, meets real territories, and builds an initial community around the journey.
May - June 2021
Sicily Expedition
The first mission documents fires, coastal erosion, and testimonies from the territory.
Mission
Podcast
Community
Location
Sicily, Turin, online community
Weight
First missions
the project is tested on the ground
Between Sicily, podcasts, and crowdfunding, The Climate Route tests its language and understands that climate storytelling works when it stays close to people, places, and concrete consequences.
June - July 2021
Podcast "From Climate to the Bottom"
Together with FriDa UNITO, an audio format is born that broadens the audience and consolidates the project's narrative tone.
December 2021
First Crowdfunding Campaign
The community responds beyond expectations and makes the following year's expedition possible.
Why it matters
“Before it became a documentary, it was listening.”
The project takes up space
2022
Chapter 3
March - November 2022
The turning point
2022
Chapter 3
The project takes up space
The project finds its scale: a major public action, a transformative expedition, and entry into the international climate debate.
June 24 - July 27, 2022
The Great Climate Expedition
The journey that redefined the project, documenting the effects of climate change along a route from Italy to Georgia.
Public action
Expedition
COP27
Location
Italy, Georgia, COP27
Weight
Italy → Georgia
the great expedition changes the project's scale
In 2022, The Climate Route stops being a promise and becomes a recognizable presence. The expedition from Italy to Georgia changes the project's ambition and defines its narrative substance.
March 26, 2022
STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
The largest human-made message ever photographed from space turns the message into a memorable public image.
November 2022
COP27 Sharm El Sheikh
The collected testimonies enter the international climate conversation.
Why it matters
“From campaign to journey, from symbolic gesture to transnational narrative.”
Inside the global debate
2023
Chapter 4
December 2023
The project enters the world
2023
Chapter 4
Inside the global debate
Participation in COP28 brings The Climate Route into one of the symbolic places of the global climate conversation.
December 2023
COP28 Dubai
Participation in COP28 as observers and storytellers, among interviews, meetings, and field documentation.
Conference
Interviews
Observation
Location
Dubai
Weight
COP28
a new scale of interlocutors
In Dubai, the project observes, documents, interviews, and tests its perspective within an international context. It is no longer just a journey, it is a voice seeking its place in the global debate.
During the conference
Interviews and presence on the ground
The presence at COP consolidates the project's positioning as a direct witness to the climate crisis.
Why it matters
“The narrative meets the negotiations.”
From journey to screen
2024
Chapter 5
March - December 2024
The documentary takes shape
2024
Chapter 5
From journey to screen
The journey becomes a film, and the film begins to circulate, entering theaters, festivals, and international contexts.
March 2024
Documentary Release
The Climate Route – Unknown Climate Stories reaches the public and makes shareable the journey that gave birth to the project.
Documentary
Festival
Distribution
Location
Italy, Cyprus, Nigeria
Weight
Film in circulation
the story finds its definitive format
The documentary's release marks the passage from lived experience to shared work. Throughout the year, selections and recognitions arrive that confirm the strength of the story.
November 2024
Travel FilmFest Cyprus
The documentary is a finalist in the Travel Documentary Short category.
December 2024
Benin City Film Festival
Official selection and recognition for its contribution to the debate on climate and sustainability.
Why it matters
“The route becomes public memory.”
The story keeps traveling
2025
Chapter 6
February 2025
International recognition
2025
Chapter 6
The story keeps traveling
The documentary's circulation continues and brings The Climate Route to Bangladesh, confirming the project's ability to speak beyond its original context.
February 2025
Bogura International Film Festival
The documentary is selected and screened in Bangladesh, reinforcing the project's international reach.
Festival
Bangladesh
Recognition
Location
Bogura, Bangladesh
Weight
Bogura IFF
the story moves beyond its initial boundaries
Selection at the Bogura International Film Festival closes the project's first major arc: from a local idea to a recognized presence on an international circuit.
Official screening
New audiences, same urgency
The film continues to be an accessible entry point for talking about the climate crisis through human stories.
Why it matters
“The journey changes language, not intention.”
The Climate Route
Our initiatives
We organize and participate in climate change events, from Fridays for Future demonstrations to expeditions across Italy and Europe to Georgia using public transport and on foot. We conduct interviews with scientists and citizens to give everyone a voice in the fight against the climate crisis.
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The Team
The people behind the journey
We are a group of passionate environmentalists documenting the effects of climate change and raising community awareness, combining diverse skills for a single goal: protecting our planet
Giorgio Dini
Researcher
Giorgio Dini
Researcher
Ligurian researcher always on the move, documenting individual behaviors and social norms related to climate change. Current President of The Climate Route APS.
Luca Barani
Entrepreneur and Manager
Luca Barani
Entrepreneur and Manager
Entrepreneur by day to work on climate documentaries by night.
Andrea Bruno
EU Policy Maker
Andrea Bruno
EU Policy Maker
From Calabria to Brussels, EU policy-maker in renewable energy and climate activist with backpack, not without occasional identity crises. Current Vice President of The Climate Route.
Alberto Starosta
Computer Scientist
Alberto Starosta
Computer Scientist
Passionate about climate change and sustainability issues, traveler. Supports The Climate Route with his experience in computer science and programming.
Alex Nicolini
Environmental Engineer
Alex Nicolini
Environmental Engineer
Environmental engineer with a passion for mountains, climbing and road trips.
Erica Bastasin
Enthusiastic Activist
Erica Bastasin
Enthusiastic Activist
Enthusiastic activist for the environment and human rights, passionate about mountains and travel, both real and imaginary.
Giuseppe Caridi
Travel Expert
Giuseppe Caridi
Travel Expert
From Puglia, travel and tourism expert, has visited over 150 countries. A valuable contribution to project logistics.
Arianna Palmieri
University of Bologna Scientist
Arianna Palmieri
University of Bologna Scientist
Researcher at the University of Bologna, studies climate change and its consequences on biodiversity.
Maria Grazia Ieva
Agrotechnician and Sustainability Expert
Maria Grazia Ieva
Agrotechnician and Sustainability Expert
Currently at the European Commission for plant health, dreams of making cities greener. Botanist expert in urban regeneration and sustainability. Current Secretary of The Climate Route and Ambassador of the European Union Climate Pact.
Chiara Coppola
Communication and Training Expert
Chiara Coppola
Communication and Training Expert
Philosopher by training and aspiring communication expert, combines critical thinking and love for nature and animals to tell with clarity and empathy the stories of those who protect them.
Camilla Tucillo
Sustainable Farmer
Camilla Tucillo
Sustainable Farmer
From Lombardy, grows and sells organic vegetables and fruits, promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
Marco Pirovano
Agricultural Zootechnician
Marco Pirovano
Agricultural Zootechnician
Lives in Mantova and deals with critical consumption, ethical finance, decent work, hospitality... for a community lifestyle, in harmony with mother Earth and the peoples who inhabit it.
Laura
Activist
Laura
Activist
Environmental and intersectional transfeminist activist, she protects water by day and listens to the moon by night. She loves what flows, changes, grows free and resists.
Ronja Fischer
International Relations
Ronja Fischer
International Relations
From Germany, creates connections with international organizations and coordinates European projects, bringing a global perspective to our work.