La Terra chiamòTogether for the climate

5 December 2026 · Piazza del Popolo, Rome

“We do not have the luxury of time, but we have the knowledge, the skills and the solutions to change course.”Johan Rockström
5 December 2026 · Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Listen. Unite. Respond.

One square. One voice. One Earth.

On Saturday 5 December, Rome answers the call. A great popular demonstration, open to everyone, to put the climate crisis back at the top of the agenda.

10.000people expected in the square
20 millionpeople reached through TV, social media and the pressestimate
9promoting organisations
Live on TVon a national channel
Answer the callThe programme
The manifesto

The Earth is calling, and we choose to answer.

Summer 2026 was a call to all of us. The climate crisis came into our homes, whether we were paying attention or not.

It does not hit everyone the same way: it weighs most on those who have the fewest means to protect themselves and did the least to cause it. And it is a crisis with precise causes: an economy still built on fossil fuels, and the choices of companies and governments that keep putting off change.

We are taking to the square to talk about keeping people safe from extreme weather, about solutions and about hope. And with a clear direction: phase out fossil fuels as soon as possible, leaving no one behind.

It is a square built by a network of organisations and by thousands of people who choose to join, take part and support it.

Why now

The data is not there to scare us: it is there to make us decide.

This is what the hottest summer in European history told us.

19.038

heat deaths in Italy in summer 2024: first in Europe for estimated deaths, yet we monitor only a quarter of the population

A study by Janoš and colleagues in Nature Medicine, estimating heat mortality across 654 regions in 32 European countries, ranks Italy first in every summer from 2022 to 2024: 18,801, 13,790 and 19,038 deaths. Heat hits hardest the elderly, people living in neighbourhoods with little green space and those in the most fragile social and economic conditions.

The big cities top the ranking: Milan first (2,467 estimated deaths, 1,627 attributable to climate change), Rome third (2,253 and 1,558), Naples fifth (1,845 and 1,416), Turin eighth (720 and 421).

Sources: Janoš et al., Nature Medicine; analysis by ECCO, OnData, WWF and Greenpeace

½ million

hectares burned by wildfires

More than double the average. Then drought, floods, and lost productivity in fields and factories.

Source: EFFIS – European Forest Fire Information System

28.6 °C

the Mediterranean has never been this hot

On 14 August 2026 the average sea-surface temperature hit a record. A warmer sea suffocates Posidonia seagrass, gorgonians and fish, and releases more energy into the atmosphere, fuelling extreme weather.

Sources: Copernicus Marine Service; Fondazione Marevivo, open letter of 28 August 2026

€3 billion

in damage to Italian agriculture in summer 2026

Heat, drought, hail and wildfires. And the bill ends up on our plates: durum wheat for pasta loses 9% of its yield, rice 10%.

Sources: Coldiretti, August 2026; Confagricoltura, estimates for summer 2026

And yet

The climate crisis has vanished from public debate. We are bringing it back to the square.

Other fears have pushed it aside, and hardly any political leader talks about it. But the answers exist, they work and they create jobs. The problem is that we are moving too slowly.

41%

of Italy's electricity demand met by renewables in 2025

But it is still too little. On 25 May 2025 sun, wind and water covered 77% of the country's consumption for a whole day: the road is there, and we need to travel it every day.

Source: Terna, via QualEnergia

44 TWh

of electricity generated by solar power in Italy in 2025, an all-time record

Up 25% in a year. But we are growing too slowly: about 7 gigawatts of new renewable capacity were installed in 2025, while meeting the 2030 target would take more than 10 a year on average. At this pace we will get there almost six years late.

Sources: Terna, via QualEnergia; Legambiente, Italia Rinnovabile 2026

3.3 million

green jobs in Italy in 2024

13.8% of the workforce, up 4.3% in a year. And more than one company in three has invested in the green economy. The transition is already creating jobs, and it can create many more.

Source: Fondazione Symbola e Unioncamere, GreenItaly 2025

Our demands

Four demands to the Italian Government and political parties.

  1. (1)
    Climate at the top of the political agenda.The climate crisis is a matter of national security: it must return to the centre of Government decisions and political debate.
  2. (2)
    Mitigation now.Phase out fossil fuels, speed up renewables and cut emissions, without further delay.
  3. (3)
    Adaptation now.Protect our land, the sea and the people most at risk.
  4. (4)
    The polluter pays.Fossil fuel companies must do their part: tax their profits to fund the transition and adaptation.

The demands will be gathered in a short manifesto shared by the promoters.

Why 5 December

A day that already speaks about us.

FAO · UN

World Soil Day

Land take, landslides and erosion, floods, farming and food. Soil is the bridge between climate and places, the heart of adaptation.

UN

International Volunteer Day

Those who shovel mud after a flood, who put out wildfires, who look after elderly people during heatwaves. Those who protect forests and care for animals that no longer have a home. In the square, volunteers take the stage and welcome people.

On stage

La Terra chiamò. They answer.

People first, organisations second: on stage, the voices of summer 2026, those who study the crisis and those already changing things. Short speeches, no party leaders on stage, artists throughout the programme.

Climate scientistsData, forecasts and good news, told clearly.
FarmersThose who work the land and watched their harvest burn this summer.
Workers and healthcare staffThose who lived through and treated the effects of extreme heat.
Mayors and local administratorsThose already putting adaptation into practice locally.
VolunteersThose who shovel mud, put out fires, look after elderly people, protect forests and animals.
ActivistsThose who build the movement for the climate and for climate justice every day.
Young peopleSchools, universities, movements: the generation that will inherit the Earth.
Businesses with solutionsRenewable energy, circular economy, innovation.
ArtistsMusic, poetry, literature, visual arts.

Names to be announced.

How to take part

Come to the square.

  1. The square opensWelcome by the volunteers, family area, soil workshops.
  2. The callVoices from the summer: people who farm the land, work under the sun, care for others, run a town, volunteer.
  3. Science and solutionsData, good practice, good news.
  4. Youth, activism and local communitiesThose who build the movement every day and those already putting adaptation into practice.
  5. At sunset, the answerMusic and a shared moment of answering the call.
  6. Our demandsReading of the demands and close.
WhenSaturday 5 December 2026, from 12:30 until sunset.
WherePiazza del Popolo, Rome. Metro line A, Flaminio.
For everyoneFamily area and accessible routes for pushchairs and wheelchairs.
What to bringWarm clothes and the will to be there: the square is outdoors, in December.

Programme being finalised by the promoting committee; times will be adjusted to the live broadcast.

The stage

The Earth, at the centre of the square.

Stage concept. AI-generated visualisation, for illustration only.
Who is building the square

Nine organisations, one call.

PromotersThey build the mobilisation and back it politically and culturally. They are part of the story.
SupportersPeople, associations, cooperatives, organisations, businesses and local authorities who help make it happen. They are credited and thanked.
Organising committeeWorks on the event every day, from production to communication.
Supporters

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Visibility

A square seen all over Italy.

Live TV on a national channel, media partners and the channels of nine organisations working to a single calendar. And a campaign that lives on social media, in the city and in the square: flags, posters, T-shirts, tote bags, badges.

La Terra chiamò poster in the city
Yellow La Terra chiamò T-shirt
Yellow La Terra chiamò tote bag
La Terra chiamò sticker

Campaign materials: a proposal by Postilla, illustrative images.

The road to 5 DecemberLaunch on 23 October · sign-ups until the end of November · countdown · the day · delivery of the demands to the Government and political parties.
Let people know you answeredEveryone who joins gets their own card to share. #laterrachiamo #noiabbiamorisposto
We build this square together

Joining is free. Supporting it is one more choice.

La Terra chiamò is a self-funded demonstration: the costs of the square are shared by promoters, associations, citizens and businesses who choose to be part of it.

Those who contribute are not buying advertising space: they are building a square. And we find the right way to thank them and to say so.

What your contribution makes possible
Stage and productionSafetyMaterialsOutreachAccessibilityServices for the square

Only organisations consistent with the ecological transition can support the square. We explain in person how to take part.

Leave your trail

Answer the call.

Tell us you're in and how you want to take part: as a citizen, as a volunteer, as an organisation or as a supporter.