The change towards a more sustainable future is already in progress and is an irreversible process. But the road is still long and it is necessary to do more to achieve the 17 objectives of the United Nations Agenda 2030, because sustainability is worth the economy, society, the environment and concerns all of us. AND This is the key message of the ninth edition of the Sustainable Development Festival – The greatest Italian initiative to raise awareness and modulate citizens, young people, businesses, associations, institutions on sustainability issues, also recognized by the United Nations – Organized by the Italian alliance for Sustainable Development ETS (Asvis), from 7 to 23 May 2025, in Italy, in the world and online.
The event, created with the average partnership of Rai and Ansa, It takes place in seven main stages, in Milan, Genoa, Venice, Bologna, Turin, Naples, Rome. For the first time, moreover, the festival hosts “Books on the agenda”a cycle of eight books of books relating to the different dimensions of sustainability, which will take place during the month of May in Rome, in the bookstore of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, curated by the director of Pandora revised Giacomo Bottos.
Among the personalities that intervene at the Festival this year are reported: Cardinal Fabio Baggio, Gino Castaldo, Marta Cartobia, Massimo Cirri, Coma things, Fabrizio Curcio, Ferruccio De Bortoli, Elisa, Luciano Fontana, Stefano Fresi, Marco Frittella, Paolo Gentiloni, Marco Girardo, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Francesco La Camera, Matteo Lepore, Giovanni Malagò. Fiorella Mannoia, Giovanna Melandri, Francesca Michielin, Mario Monti, Mario Nava, Ferdinando in Fieroci, Noemi, Olly, Claudia Parzani, Telmo Pievani, Agnese Pini, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Telmo Pievani, Lara Ponti, Carlo Ratti, Teresa Ribera, Edoardo Rixi, Giuseppe Sala, Chiara Saraceno, Orazio Schillaci. Vigliotti, Sara Zambotti, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.
«The festival of sustainable development, to the ninth edition, shows that Civil society, together with the business world and institutions, can mobilize in a widespread way, in Italy and in the world, To consolidate the culture of sustainable development promoted by the UN agenda of the UN “, says the scientific director of the Asvis, Enrico Giovannini. “The hundreds of scheduled initiatives, the presence of the country’s main production companies, the support of the institutions, the involvement of the territories and the participation of the public, in the presence and online, reveal the vitality and energy of those who work concretely to build a more just and sustainable future. During the event we intend to encourage this action, informing everyone about the reasons why act in the direction of sustainability, By involving those who are undecided or skeptical and asking politics and companies to make clear and courageous choices, able to bring long -lasting benefits to the country ».
«The 2025 Festival takes place just five years after the expiry of the 2030 Agenda whose achievement, despite the efforts made so far, is still far away », recalls the president of the Asvis, Pierluigi Stefanini. «To fill the delay, it is necessary to accelerate change, promote effective policies and strengthen cooperation between the different subjects of society through a change of pace also cultural. The Festival wants to contribute to this change with a rich program in which we will deal with crucial themes like The sustainability of companies, the protection of biodiversity, urban resilience, the quality of information, social justice and the role of culture in promoting active and conscious citizenship. Participating in the Festival means helping to build a more fair, just and sustainable Italy. It means listening, proposing, connecting experiences, ideas and skills. It means acting today in order not to pay the costs of the inhale tomorrow ».
The Italian alliance for Sustainable Development ETS (ASVis) was born on February 3, 2016 on the initiative of the Unipolis Foundation and of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and is a network that includes over 300 subjects engaged for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (https://asvis.it/).
All information and the Festival program can be found on the website: https://2025.
