Four-day Greenaccord forum opens today in Treviso with focus on ecology, innovation, transatlantic dialogue

More than 100 journalists from 40 countries will gather in Treviso to explore energy transition, sustainability, media responsibility and global cooperation through the lens of integral ecology.

Treviso will host more than 100 journalists from over 40 countries next week for the XVII Greenaccord International Forum, a four-day event focused on energy transition, clean technologies, mountain territories, media responsibility and the wider idea of integral ecology.

The forum, promoted by Greenaccord ETS, will run from March 18 to 21, 2026 under the title Building Future Together – A new humanity thirsting for the future. Events will be held at Ca’ dei Carraresi and the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso and Belluno.

Organisers said the gathering would turn Treviso into a “widespread global newsroom”, bringing together journalists, institutional representatives, public administrators, innovative businesses, academics and cultural figures for an inaugural session and six thematic sessions on the ecological transition and the search for a shared vision linking environment, economy, social concerns and cultural responsibility.

The 2026 edition carries particular strategic significance because it aims to build what organisers describe as an imaginary bridge between Italy’s Triveneto region and the US state of Colorado.

Veneto and Colorado, seen as territories linked by their mountain identity, sporting and tourist traditions, dynamic production systems and growing interest in environmental policies, will be at the centre of discussions on sustainable mobility, territorial planning, clean technologies, mountain economy and sustainability governance.

Institutional and entrepreneurial representatives from Colorado are expected to attend, along with figures from American technological innovation, in what organisers described as a dialogue between the Rocky Mountains and the Dolomites as laboratory territories for transatlantic cooperation.

A major focus of the forum will be the sustainability of large international events, with special attention to the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

At the inaugural session, Gloria Zavatta, Sustainability & Impact Director of Milano Cortina 2026, is due to present the Games’ sustainability report and the strategies adopted to reduce environmental impact and secure a positive legacy for host territories.

The event will also feature Jinfeng Zhou, Secretary General of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, who is expected to present China’s experience in biodiversity protection and international environmental cooperation.

Organisers said the comparison between European, North American and Asian models would strengthen the global dimension of the initiative.

Digital platforms and the cultural industry will also feature prominently in the programme. Among the speakers will be Andy Thompson, an international executive currently serving as International Technologist at Meta, who will deliver a lectio magistralis on the impact of environmental news on social platforms.

Hanna Grahn, Head of Sustainability and Climate Action at Spotify, will address music and cultural content as instruments for awareness and collective responsibility.

The programme will also examine the relationship between nature and beauty, the wellbeing economy, urban regeneration, bioarchitecture, sustainable agriculture, food supply chains, digital technology and the ecology of mind and soul.

A closing session will focus on the role of media and journalists in the Greenaccord network and will include the presentation of the Greenaccord International Media Award to a North American organisation involved in reporting on the challenges of climate change.

“In a time marked by conflicts, climate crises and geopolitical uncertainties, we need to rebuild a common horizon,” Greenaccord president Alfonso Cauteruccio said in a statement.

“Integral ecology is not a slogan, but a vision that holds together environment, social justice, economy and spirituality. With this Forum we want to offer journalists and institutions a space for authentic dialogue between Europe and America, but also between West and East, between technology and culture. Only by building bridges and taking on shared responsibility can we generate a credible future for new generations.”

Giuseppe Milano, secretary general of the organisation, said the forum was being launched at a time when the world was “torn apart by violence and arrogance”.

“In a world torn apart by violence and arrogance, we feel the need to return to the gentleness and conviviality of differences,” he said.

“The new Greenaccord International Forum is born not only with the ambition of narrating contemporary complexity, between extraordinary innovations and virtuous international relations, but also and above all of trying to build together a different vision of society, more just and inclusive, in which social and environmental justice are bound together in peace and intergenerational and cross-territorial prosperity.”

Alongside debate sessions, the forum will include training courses accredited by the ODG for journalists and meetings with local businesses, with the aim of promoting Treviso and Belluno as a European laboratory for environmental innovation and international cooperation.

Active since 2003 in the training of journalists on environmental and social issues, Greenaccord says it has built an international network of hundreds of information professionals. The group says it works to promote dialogue between science, institutions, businesses and culture while helping spread good practices and models of sustainable development.

Organisers describe the International Forum as the clearest expression of that commitment and as a permanent space for global dialogue on protecting the common home, in line with a vision of integral ecology linking environment, social justice and collective responsibility.

Institutional patrons include the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, the Veneto region, CONI, RAI Veneto, the Municipality of Treviso, the Diocese of Treviso, the City and County of Denver, the Order of Journalists of Veneto, FNSI, USSI, UCSI, ENAJ, Federesco, Esper and the Bioarchitecture Foundation.

Organisers said the broad network of supporters reflected the credibility and international scope of the initiative.

Particularly significant, they said, is the support of the Camera di Commercio di Treviso-Belluno Dolomiti, which will host the forum’s main sessions and help position the area as a European hub for sustainability and innovation.

The forum also has backing from private partners including Fondazione Cassamarca, TechnoAlpin, QRL Semi, Cylentium, Banca delle Terre Venete, Consorzio Tutela Prosecco Doc, Veneta Cucine, GLIP and numerous local businesses.

Media partners include GreenMe, GreenReport, Eco in Città, Famiglia Cristiana, Teleambiente, SIR, RTV Slovenia, TGR RAI and Isoradio, Radio Vaticana, Vatican News, Avvenire, Tv2000, LatinClima, Earth Eclectic Radio, Womenlife, Messaggero di Sant’Antonio, La Vita del Popolo, L’Azione, La Difesa del Popolo and Radio Base Venezia.

Organisers said the forum would stand as one of the leading events of 2026 dedicated to dialogue between information, integral ecology and international cooperation, in the spirit of what they called a new humanism combining innovation, responsibility and a shared vision of the future.