Every year, 2050Today – the Geneva – brings together the leaders and employees of its member institutions and the entire international community in Geneva with a single goal: to decarbonise Geneva and the world.

For its fourth edition, the event is highlighting a highly symbolic theme: La Place des Nations (The Place of Nations).

A symbol of multilateralism and global dialogue, the Place des Nations becomes the starting point for reflection on our collective place in a changing world. This high-level evening event offers a fresh perspective on international cooperation, climate issues and the systemic transformations currently underway.

Between institutional presentations, the 2050Today Awards ceremony, an inspiring lecture by Maxime Blondeau entitled “A New Perspective on Nations” and the launch of the pilot exhibition “Place des Nations”, the 2025 annual meeting invites everyone to rethink how they inhabit the planet.

6.30pm – High-level meeting

Welcome message, Stéphane Berthet, Vice-Rector in charge of international and interinstitutional relations, University of Geneva

Geneva and the Nations, Nathalie Fontanet, State Councillor in charge of the Department of Finance, Human Resources and External Affairs, Republic and Canton of Geneva

United for Zero Emissions, Jean-Pierre Reymond, Executive Director of 2050Today

2050Today brings together Swiss authorities at all levels and public and private actors from International Geneva, such as state representations, international organizations, academic institutions, NGOs and international business groups, with a common goal: to decarbonise Geneva and the world. Faced with the questioning of the global and planetary order, what are the issues, challenges and progress of this collective systemic transformation?

2050Today Awards Ceremony

• Véronique Atnané Ryser, Chief Executive Officer of SIG
• Ana Bory and Daniel Van Den Berg, co-founders of Miloo
• Award-winning members

The 2050Today Low Carbon and Engagement Awards recognise member institutions annually by highlighting their original approaches and initiatives to decarbonise International Geneva.

19:h00 – Lecture “A new perspective on nations”

Maxime Blondeau (author, lecturer and cosmographer)

Over 190,000 subscribers follow his daily posts on LinkedIn. He teaches at Sciences Po Paris and Mines Paris Tech on the subject of territorial perception and is also a columnist for RFI. Géoconscience, his first book, was published in October 2024. In this lecture, he will question the very idea of nationhood, what is emerging. What is a nation? In a context of systemic risks, does this idea become what separates or what emerges?

Rethinking the nation, reconciling scales. This is Maxime Blondeau’s ambition, which will take us on a journey from the planetary atmosphere to our own territory through maps, satellite views and photographs that will change the way we see nations.

19:45 – Opening of the pilot exhibition “Place des Nations”

Remarks by Alfonso Gomez, Mayor of Geneva

From 3 December 2025 to 15 January 2026, a pilot version representing 25 nations will be on display at Uni Dufour. Place des Nations is an exhibition event conceived and developed by 2050Today and Maxime Blondeau, who wrote the texts.

“Place des Nations” is an international travelling exhibition project designed as a sensitive representation of our planet through the 195 nations of the world. This exhibition in the making, combining art, science, planetary boundaries, and geopolitics, is expected to open in Geneva in 2026, on the Place des Nations, before traveling to several cities around the world.

20:00 – Cocktail reception (registration required)

21:00 – End of the event

• Location: University of Geneva, Uni Dufour (Room U600), Rue du Général-Dufour 24, 1204 Geneva
• Event open to the general public
• Free admission, registration required by 28 November 2025
• Simultaneous interpreting French – English
• This event will be broadcast live on 2050today.org
• All participants are encouraged to use low-carbon transport (active mobilty, public transport, carpooling) to attend this event