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Climate Adaptation Diaries

Through this section we share testimonies and experiences of people passionate about protecting our planet!

We call them DesirMED Climate Ambassadors and through this page, they share their perspectives, their vision and actions for bringing real change for climate adaptation and resilience. Whether it's mobilising to plant trees or clean a beach, help communities after a fire or a flood, or even small changes like biking instead of driving... Their stories highlight challenges faced, lessons learned and the impact their actions have had.

If you are interested in sharing your story and become a DesirMED Climate Ambassador, find out how here.

Meet DesirMED's Climate Ambassadors!

Giorgia Palmas and Filippo Magnini
"Nature already has the solution"
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Dr. Natalija Dunić
“The ocean is a three-dimensional system. It has depth, internal dynamics, and memory, all hidden from the naked eye. Climate change does not affect only what we see at the surface. It slowly changes how the ocean mixes, cools, sinks, and renews itself. “
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Sofia Calvete
"Traditionally, they (mimosa trees) would bloom around April, once spring had already started, but now they are flowering earlier and earlier."
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Juan Valiente
"I think we still have time, and I believe we deserve a better world for the people who will come after us."
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Christian Galletta
"… I plan to be one of the needed seeds of change, connecting the region with other Mediterranean regions and with the European level, leaving none behind…"
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Simone Coco
"My island roots have always kept a special sensitivity toward the environment alive within me."
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Andrea Belmartino
“The melting glacier wasn’t just a metaphor - it was a physical, visible message. One that demands urgent action, both individually and collectively.”
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Lucie Martinez
"...rotating crops like our grandfather did (one year potatoes, the next chickpeas) to keep the soil healthy. Recycling and reusing wherever possible. Respecting the natural cycles of animals and plants, and teaching this to the next generation."
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Bertram de Rooij
"The outside temperature is a scorching 44 degree Celsius, [...]. A fearful spectacle of a total orange glow and fluffy smoke clouds stretches over the full horizon...
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