Climate scientist faces sack for refusing to fly to Germany from Solomon Islands archipelago
by Damien Gayle and Ajit Niranjan from Environment | The Guardian on (#6F9FK)
Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork
A climate researcher has been threatened with the sack by his employer after refusing to fly back to Germany at short notice after finishing fieldwork on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
On Friday, Dr Gianluca Grimalda, an environmental campaigner who refuses to fly on principle, was told by his employer, Germany's Kiel Institute for World Economy, that if he was not at his desk on Monday he would no longer have a job to return to.
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