Former pilot reveals he quit aviation after learning about climate damage fromflying.
Todd from London His Smith spent his three years traveling across Europe before being temporarily stranded with intestinal inflammation in 2018. } A plant-based dietled him to investigate the environmental impact of livestock farming.
The intrigued ex-electrician then began investigating climate science and the carbon footprint of air travel. It accounts formore than 2% of the global carbon footprint. fear.
He told German news site DW: Especially since half of these emissions are generated by his 1% of the population. ''
He participated in his Extinction Rebellion protest movement and eventually became a spokesperson for the movement.
Todd also founded an organization called Safe-Landing with other aviation workers to encourage industry leaders to "considerclimate scienceand reject unsafe growth." We share a fear of being pressured.
"With the remaining carbon budget we have, he can't keep doubling air traffic every 15 years like he has been doing," he said. .
"I want aviation workers to understand that they need to fly less if they want to secure a long-term future in this industry," he said.
