The Center for the Promotion of Science (CPN) led, as part of the Climateurope2 project, the Traveling Climate Action – Roadshow to promote climate services through art and science. In 2024, the Roadshow visited the first five locations in Southeastern Europe: Rijeka (Croatia), Tirana (Albania), Kotor (Montenegro), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and Skopje (North Macedonia). A brief overview of the action in the first five cities is available in the video below. The Roadshow will visit a total of 10 locations in the region.

The goal of this initiative is to raise awareness about the role of climate services and familiarize the public with scientific facts about climate change. The Traveling Climate Action – Roadshow began in June 2024 in Rijeka, in cooperation with the Faculty of Physics at the University of Rijeka. In the following months, it was organized in collaboration with the Serbian Game Association (SGA), through the eight-monthPlaying Narratives Playing Narratives program, and with local partners: the Albanian Gaming Community (Tirana), the Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Montenegro (Kotor), as part of the Kotor Art Festival, and Verlab Institute (Sarajevo). The final climate action event of 2024 took place in December in Skopje, in partnership with the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of "St. Cyril and Methodius".

The roadshow action featured several activities and installations:

A diversity of panels on climate services

Local partners and CPN organized panels on climate services, which brought together those interested in using climate data for smart decision-making. The topics of the panels were diverse, covering local climate issues and climate services, such as wind, precipitation, hail, and lightning characteristics, the importance of long-term climate change monitoring, Adriatic climate modeling, local hydrometeorological service data for users and decision-makers, multidisciplinary research, pollution control technologies, the use of big data for cleaner air, and more. These topics were presented from the perspective of local actors and CPN’s team, followed by open discussions.

A journey through time with the Climate Capsule

At various locations in these five cities, CPN presented its renowned immersive art installation "Climate Capsule" which attracted visitors from various sectors, calling for climate action through multimedia content describing our planet and the impacts of climate change in the year 2057. Accompanying content included virtual and augmented reality technologies, allowing visitors to explore the surrounding nature. Even in urban environments, this technology enabled visitors to see and experience the natural world, reminding them of its beauty and vulnerability.
The "Climate Capsule" was displayed at Korzo in Rijeka and the Faculty of Physics in Rijeka. In Tirana, the public could visit it at the Agimi Art Center and Coolab, in Kotor at the Institute, as part of the Kotor Art Festival and, in Sarajevo, passersby could experience it outside the Sarajevo Shopping Center. In Skopje, the "Climate Capsule" was displayed at two locations: Netaville and Base42.

The fortune-telling of M1L3NɅ

The public also had the chance to experience the winning work from the first Climateurope2 openart+science art+science call, titled M1L3NɅ, which provides each visitor with a personalized prediction of the future in the context of climate change. The second art+science call, promoting the use of climate services, is currently open and can be found here.

A call for climate action through poetry and photography

In addition to the art installations, an informal poetic dialogue took place in Rijeka between poet Ljiljana Ilić and climatologist Prof. Dr. Vladimir Đurđević. Through poetry and photography, they presented the open public call for climate action.

More than 1,000 visitors attended so far the roadshow, coming from the worlds of science and art, the private and public sectors, as well as the non-governmental and civil society sectors. By connecting science and art, showcasing art installations and works, organizing artistic performances, and hosting climate discussions in panels, CPN initiated the promotion of climate services to expand the Climateurope2 network.

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