The XXI INQUA Congress took place in Rome, Italy, on 13-21 July 2023  (inquaroma2023.org). Almost 3000 participants, including more than 1300 Early Career Researchers, attended the Congress with 1480 oral and 2114 poster presentations.

Results from ClimaLAND project were presented in 3 contributions:

• Coastal Barriers stratigraphy from the North-West Black Sea document the Black Sea connections to the World Ocean during the Upper Pleistocene (Vespremeanu-Stroe et al.);
• New Younger Dryas evidence of glaciers advances in the upper valleys of Făgăraș Massif (Romania) via 10Be exposure dating (Pascal et al.);
• Holocene Maximum Flooding Surface on the Danube Valley – preliminary results (Tutuianu et al.).

Looking forward to meet at the XXII INQUA CONGRESS 2027, in India.