Climate researcher who refused to fly back from research trip is sacked

Gianluca Grimalda says he was fired after refusing to fly at short notice to Germany from the Solomon Islands

A climate researcher who refused to comply with his employer’s demand to fly at short notice back to Germany from the Solomon Islands says he has been fired from his job.

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.