Germany | Climate researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation
Climate researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation
A climate researcher who was fired from his job for refusing to take a flight back from a work trip has been awarded compensation in court for unfair dismissal.
His climate research must not be very effective in combatting climate change if 100 days of his time at work doesn’t pay for the carbon cost of a flight.
1/3 of a year is about 1% of a person’s career. If he can afford to not be working for 1% of his career, that implies the total effect of his work is less than 100 seat-flights, or less than one full passenger flight.
If a climate researcher’s total effect on carbon emissions, over the course of his entire career, is less than a single passenger flight then it makes sense to fire him.
