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Visualising Climate 2026 is the first global conference dedicated to data visualisation and climate in Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹 | 4–6 Nov 2026. The rose at the heart of its visual identity is rooted in the very reasons why the conference exists. Do you want to know more about our logo? Follow the thread

2) “Art and beauty can open conversations around difficult topics. The conference aims to be a meeting point between science and art, so the logo needed to reflect exactly that,” Lombardi says. The logo is built from real data: monthly global temperatures since the 1980s.

3) As Lombardi explains: “Scientific data can feel overwhelming. The idea was to use a visual language that can be felt as well as understood. The numbers become a blooming rose — familiar, organic, yet unsettling once you know what it represents.” The data used is openly available at CDS Copernicus