The Global Search for Education: Net Zero Speaks to Marco Marani

Posted By C. M. Rubin on Oct 1, 2026

C. M. Rubin in Conversation with Ivan Ransom

This month, global audiences can watch Net Zero Speaks to Marco Marani on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel. The episode is curated by Planet Classroom in association with the Protect Our Planet (POP) Movement.

In this new episode of Net Zero Speaks, host Ivan Ransom explores one of the world’s most pressing climate challenges: rising sea levels and increasing coastal flood risk. His conversation with Professor Marco Marani reveals that the danger isn’t simply the ocean rising—many coastal regions are also sinking, dramatically increasing their vulnerability to flooding.

Using Venice and vulnerable river deltas as examples, Marani explains how wetlands and salt marshes naturally protect coastal communities, why engineering solutions must work alongside an understanding of natural systems, and why climate adaptation can no longer wait. The conversation highlights how today’s planning decisions will determine the resilience of future generations and why protecting coastlines requires both scientific understanding and immediate action.

The Global Search for Education is pleased to welcome Ivan Ransom.

C. M. Rubin: Ivan, why did you choose to interview Professor Marco Marani?

Ivan Ransom: Professor Marco Marani co-developed the Master’s Programme in Water and Geological Risk Engineering at the University of Padova. This novel and comprehensive approach to building adaptation measures is brilliant, and I was so keen to learn more about the minds behind it, especially his.

C. M. Rubin: What surprised you most about this interview?

Ivan Ransom: Venice has sunk 30 cm simply from pumping water from the aquifers.

C. M. Rubin: Finally, Ivan, what are your three key takeaways for the Net Zero audience?

Ivan Ransom:

Salt marshes can reduce flooding levels and provide support for fisheries. They exist through a dynamic equilibrium between sedimentation and sea-level rise; any major imbalance could mean they can no longer survive.
Historically, the increase in sea level has averaged 3 mm per year globally.
It is really important that we understand the processes we are interfering with when we build any intervention aimed at adaptation.

Thank you, Ivan!