CMCC at the London Climate Action Week: From wildfire prediction to risk management and adaptation. 06.09.2026 The 8th edition of London Climate Action Week, taking place from 20 to 28 June, brings together leading institutions, researchers, policymakers, businesses, and communities for Europe's largest city-wide climate festival and one of the world's largest independent climate change events. This year CMCC is co-organizing, together with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, a special panel on wildfire predictions and risk management in a changing climate on 24 June, 10-12AM BST, in what is a unique opportunity to showcase CMCC's expertise whilst partaking in London's unparalleled ecosystem of climate and non-climate organisations to accelerate global climate action. The CMCC event addresses the LCAW's key theme of understanding climate risk and building resilience. From emerging technologies to informed decisions the event will examine emerging evidence, technological innovation, and the broader implications of wildfire activity across climate, ecosystems, and society, bringing together researchers working at the forefront of fire science, risk analysis, and climate governance to explore the latest advances in responding to fires in a warming world. In response to increasingly urgent challenges, advances in science and technology are changing how CMCC - Centro Euro Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici understand and manage evolving fire risks. From Artificial Intelligence tools that help anticipate fires, to improved systems for tracking their impact on the global carbon cycle, researchers are developing new ways to support better decisions and more effective risk management. This event will examine emerging evidence, technological innovation, and the broader implications of wildfire activity across climate, ecosystems, and society, bringing together researchers working at the forefront of fire science, risk analysis, and climate governance to explore the latest advances in responding to fires in a warming world. At LCAW CMCC researchers are also taking part in discussions on climate adaptation finance ahead of COP30. More details will be available soon. Keep following this page for the latest updates on CMCC's participation and activities at LCAW. Find out more about the event and subscribe here.

Climate security and the Mediterranean: CMCC President Antonio Navarra at the Festival dell'Energia. 05.29.2026 CMCC President Antonio Navarra, took part in the panel "Strategic Mediterranean. Energy, corridors and climate", organised in collaboration with OMEC and CMCC, speaking about climate security and resilience. The Mediterranean is increasingly at the centre of global energy strategies, amid new corridors, infrastructures, and the impacts of climate change. From 28 to 30 May 2026, Lecce hosted the 14th edition of the Festival dell'Energia, titled "Energy and Freedom. Europe put to the test of the future." At the heart of the dialogue was the concept of climate security, a political and policy framework that examines how the climate crisis affects global peace, stability, and human well-being. Navarra stressed how understanding climate change - the first major global problem to be tackled through the lens of resilience - provides useful tools for rethinking policies, investments, and infrastructures. "In an increasingly fragmented, chaotic and unpredictable world, dependencies - such as energy dependence - become a problem," Navarra said during his speech at the Festival dell'Energia in Lecce, underlining the need to reduce vulnerabilities and systemic risks. "Resilience means being able to absorb unpredictable shocks in such a way as to continue operating," he continued. "Climate security is a global concept and it is a contribution that climate science can offer to politics: how to be resilient to unexpected events." Looking to the future, Navarra pointed out that resilience must be extended to overall public policies, including energy and investment policies, in order to design systems capable of withstanding physical, economic, and geopolitical shocks. This message was echoed by Houda Ben Jannet Allal, Director General of the Observatoire Méditerranéen de l'Energie et du Climat (OMEC), who draws a direct link between climate security and energy security in the Mediterranean region. "We need to tackle climate issues also from the perspective of energy security. Stability and energy security are of fundamental importance in the Mediterranean," Allal stressed in her speech.

Open call for applications: PhD programme "future Earth, Climate Change and Societal Challenges" 05.28.2026 The CMCC Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 42nd cycle of the international PhD programme in "Future Earth, Climate Change and Societal Challenges", offered in collaboration with University of Bologna. For the 2026/2027 academic year, the CMCC Foundation contributes with two PhD scholarships within the programme, supporting advanced research on climate change and environmental transformations. The PhD programme is interdisciplinary and designed to train the next generation of researchers and professionals working at the interface between climate science, environmental studies, policy, risk assessment, and socio-economic transformation. The programme promotes collaboration across scientific, engineering, and social science disciplines, providing access to an international research environment and state-of-the-art facilities. The programme covers a broad range of research areas related to climate change and sustainability, including climate science, adaptation and mitigation strategies, environmental governance, forecasting systems, risk assessment, and societal impacts of environmental change. How to apply Applications are now open for the 42nd cycle. The application deadline is June 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM. Further information on the application process, eligibility criteria, research topics, and programme organization is available through the official PhD programme channels.