Municipal elections in Piedmont, zero votes for climate scientist Luca Mercalli as candidate for councilor in Usseaux: «But I laugh about it»

“The zero votes taken? They surprised me. They used the same indifference that they use for the environment. And to think that someone wanted me to be Minister of the Environment.”

Luca Mercalliclimatologist and president of Italian Meteorological Society became known thanks to the broadcast What’s the weather like, he aspired to the position of councilor of a small Piedmontese village. But he is ready to comment ironically on the result of his candidacy Usseaux, in the upper Turin area. Candidate with list la Beautiful from Val Chisone he collected zero votes from the country of 180 inhabitants not far from Oulxwhere he chose to live.

A decision he respects and took philosophically. «I laugh about it. I certainly don’t need to be elected to have notoriety – he explains -. When I accepted, I did so to start from the bottom with the fight for the climate. And the proposal of my friend and candidate for mayor Alberto Sasso it was interesting. But if it doesn’t succeed Pope francesco to make a change for the climate, let alone if I can do it. Although over the years I have had several offers to enter politics, especially from the Greens. We wanted to transform one of the most beautiful villages in Italy into a cutting-edge municipality, a leader in environmental issues. But above all, transform the town into a tourist destination. For me, however, it is not a failure. I am a man of science and every experiment is useful. Even the wrong ones.”

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