Luca Mercalli

Climatologist, researcher and international speaker on the topics of climatology, glaciology, climate change and environmental sustainability, Luca Mercalli is a well-known expert in Italy.

He has master in Mountain Sciences at the Université de Savoie-Mont-Blanc, is director of the magazine Nimbus, chairs the Italian Meteorological Society, a national association founded in 1865. He deals with research on climates and alpine glaciers, teaches environmental sustainability in schools and universities in Italy (University of Turin-SSST), Switzerland and France.

He is a consultant of the European Union and scientific advisor of ISPRA – Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research. For RAI he worked on “Che tempo che fa”, “Scala Mercalli” and “TGMontagne” and Rainews24. Columnist for Il Fatto Quotidiano, he has thousands of articles and over 2400 conferences to his credit.

Among his books: “Philosophy of the clouds” (Rizzoli), “Viaggi nel tempo che fa” (Einaudi), “Let’s get ready” (Chiarelettere), My garden between heaven and earth (Aboca), “No more time” (Einaudi), “The climate that changes” (BUR), “Climb in the mountains” (Einaudi) and the children’s book “Uffa che Caldo” (ElectaKids).