Mmmh, how does he think of coming back? He is like in fucking Papua New Guinea, it’s not like he can take a train to Kiel.
He’s not a “climate expert”, he’s an economist.
Next time I go on a work trip I’ll tell my employer I’m taking the slow route back to save on carbon emissions, it will take me 6 months and they should keep paying me.
>Gianluca Grimalda is still waiting in Bougainville for a cargo ship, set to depart on Saturday, to begin his return journey to Europe, after six months investigating the impacts of climate breakdown and globalisation on the island’s inhabitants.
I’m pretty sure that travel by diesel-powered cargo ship is way more emission-intensive than by air. This guy is an ass, sorry.
EDIT: More evidence that the guy is an ass: “In this era, wasting 4.5 tonnes of CO2 (the difference between the flight emissions and the slow-travel emissions) to comply with the absurd request to be physically present in Kiel at such short notice is morally unacceptable and epitomises the ultimate privilege of the global elites.” Now, the CO2 emissions per passenger of long-haul flights are around 150 g/km. 4,5 tonnes divided by 150 g/km = 30,000 km. The direct distance from Papua New Guinea to Germany is less than half that, about 13,000 km. While I guess that there are no direct flights from PNG to Germany, he would have to take a *fucking circuitous route* to emit 4.5 tonnes of CO2, never mind 4.5 tonnes of CO2 **more** than by cargo ship (which, anyway, is probably rather more CO2 intensive, and takes a far less direct route).
Oh man this is so much fun to read.
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>Grimalda said he intended to appeal against the IfW’s decision to sack him, and said he had asked for the help of his trade union. But, he added: “In this case, the initial impression is that IfW actions are justified legally.”
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>A spokesperson for IfW said that it stood by its policy of not discussing or commenting on staff issues in public. “In general, the institute encourages and supports its staff to travel climate-friendly,” the spokesperson said. “We are committed to do without air travel in Germany and in other EU countries as far as we can. When flights are unavoidable, we pay to Atmosfair to offset flight emissions through climate protection projects.
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>“What is public and obvious: Dr Grimalda planned his trip to Papua and his research stay with our support. We supported a second ‘slow travel’ trip of his before. So we have no general reservations about slow travelling.”
The plane was flying with or without him. If he’s that stupid he should be fired
Typical guardian clickbait. “Climate expert sacked after refusing to turn up at work for two months” is more accurate but won’t get those clicks.
My gut feeling tells me that this guy has been a difficult employee for many years and now the HR-department finally had a good reason to sack him.
And because this case ended up in the media, he is now essentially unemployable because every potential employer in the future will Google his name and find this article.
>Grimalda accepts that his return to Kiel is past due. His fieldwork was supposed to be completed in July and he was supposed to be back in Germany on 10 September. But he says he faced a number of unavoidable delays, including being held for ransom by machete-wielding bandits, thefts of his research items and difficulties getting communities to speak to him.
Basically he delayed the start of the return trip for two months, and when missing from his workplace for two months it’s surprised that he got fired.
If it takes him about 2 months one way how did they approve him going on a work trip halfway around the world in the first place ?
It’s 24 degrees in Germany middle of October. Just saying
Some people have never been jobless before, hence the entitlement.
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Good for him. Damn right
Fuck around, find out.
Mmmh, how does he think of coming back? He is like in fucking Papua New Guinea, it’s not like he can take a train to Kiel.
He’s not a “climate expert”, he’s an economist.
Next time I go on a work trip I’ll tell my employer I’m taking the slow route back to save on carbon emissions, it will take me 6 months and they should keep paying me.
>Gianluca Grimalda is still waiting in Bougainville for a cargo ship, set to depart on Saturday, to begin his return journey to Europe, after six months investigating the impacts of climate breakdown and globalisation on the island’s inhabitants.
I’m pretty sure that travel by diesel-powered cargo ship is way more emission-intensive than by air. This guy is an ass, sorry.
EDIT: More evidence that the guy is an ass: “In this era, wasting 4.5 tonnes of CO2 (the difference between the flight emissions and the slow-travel emissions) to comply with the absurd request to be physically present in Kiel at such short notice is morally unacceptable and epitomises the ultimate privilege of the global elites.” Now, the CO2 emissions per passenger of long-haul flights are around 150 g/km. 4,5 tonnes divided by 150 g/km = 30,000 km. The direct distance from Papua New Guinea to Germany is less than half that, about 13,000 km. While I guess that there are no direct flights from PNG to Germany, he would have to take a *fucking circuitous route* to emit 4.5 tonnes of CO2, never mind 4.5 tonnes of CO2 **more** than by cargo ship (which, anyway, is probably rather more CO2 intensive, and takes a far less direct route).
Oh man this is so much fun to read.
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>Grimalda said he intended to appeal against the IfW’s decision to sack him, and said he had asked for the help of his trade union. But, he added: “In this case, the initial impression is that IfW actions are justified legally.”
>
>A spokesperson for IfW said that it stood by its policy of not discussing or commenting on staff issues in public. “In general, the institute encourages and supports its staff to travel climate-friendly,” the spokesperson said. “We are committed to do without air travel in Germany and in other EU countries as far as we can. When flights are unavoidable, we pay to Atmosfair to offset flight emissions through climate protection projects.
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>“What is public and obvious: Dr Grimalda planned his trip to Papua and his research stay with our support. We supported a second ‘slow travel’ trip of his before. So we have no general reservations about slow travelling.”
The plane was flying with or without him. If he’s that stupid he should be fired
Typical guardian clickbait. “Climate expert sacked after refusing to turn up at work for two months” is more accurate but won’t get those clicks.
My gut feeling tells me that this guy has been a difficult employee for many years and now the HR-department finally had a good reason to sack him.
And because this case ended up in the media, he is now essentially unemployable because every potential employer in the future will Google his name and find this article.
What a stupid way to have your career destroyed.
New clowns are emerging every year.
From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/04/climate-scientist-faces-sack-for-refusing-to-fly-to-germany-from-solomon-islands-archipelago
>Grimalda accepts that his return to Kiel is past due. His fieldwork was supposed to be completed in July and he was supposed to be back in Germany on 10 September. But he says he faced a number of unavoidable delays, including being held for ransom by machete-wielding bandits, thefts of his research items and difficulties getting communities to speak to him.
Basically he delayed the start of the return trip for two months, and when missing from his workplace for two months it’s surprised that he got fired.
If it takes him about 2 months one way how did they approve him going on a work trip halfway around the world in the first place ?
It’s 24 degrees in Germany middle of October. Just saying
Some people have never been jobless before, hence the entitlement.
How did he get there in the first place?