Dolomites, Italy
Marmolada
25 Giugno 2022
The largest glacier in the Dolomites has lost over 70% of its volume in twenty years. The expedition starts here, from this wound in the heart of the Alps.
First
Expedition
From the Dolomites to the Caucasus. Four thousand kilometres of a changing Europe, eight stages, one certainty: the climate is already in crisis.
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The Stages
Slovenia
Lubiana
29-30 Giugno 2022
Europe's green capital, Ljubljana is a sustainability laboratory. But the Ljubljanica river suffers from increasingly severe summer low water.
Serbia
Belgrado
2-4 Luglio 2022
Serbia burns lignite a few kilometres from the capital. A lunar landscape in the middle of Europe, while the energy transition remains stalled.
Bulgaria
Sofia
6-8 Luglio 2022
The Damask roses of the Rose Valley bloom two weeks earlier than thirty years ago. The quality of the essential oil is changing.
Turkey
Istanbul
10-13 Luglio 2022
Sixteen million people, a recurring water crisis. In 2021 reservoirs fell below 15%. Istanbul is the laboratory of urban resilience.
Anatolia, Turkey
Trebisonda
14 Luglio 2022
The Black Sea is warming faster than the global average. Fishermen describe changed currents, vanished species, shifted fishing seasons.
Georgia
Tbilisi
19 Luglio 2022
Eight thousand years of viticulture under pressure. Harvests come earlier, grapes ripen with different acidity, native varieties adapt.
Caucasus, Georgia
Kazbegi
20 Luglio 2022
The final point and the point of arrival. The glaciers of Kazbek are retreating 15 metres a year. Just like at the Marmolada. The circle closes.