August’s issue of Gattopardo traces how our summers are changing: an unprecedented warming that has reshaped Sicily’s landscape over the past two decades, from the rise of “coolcation” travel toward Northern Europe to the incoming Bolkestein directive on beach concessions, and two centuries of seaside history leading up to the Costa Sud redevelopment project.
It is against this backdrop that concrete responses are already taking shape: from the Tondo Gioeni rain gardens in Catania( CARDIMED project) to the experimental green roofs (the GIFLUID project at the University of Catania, Di3A’s research works to retain rainfall, mitigate building overheating. As researcher Emanuela Rita Giuffrida, this shift concerns everyone, not only engineers and technicians, since sustainable territorial management cannot exist without community.
Pick up the new issue of Gattopardo, and follow us to see how Catania is building a more climate-resilient future, one green roof at a time.
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