Prince William slams billionaires in space tourism race rather than ‘fixing the planet’

“Some of the best brains and minds in this world should try to fix this planet first, not try to find the next place to live.” Prince William criticized the race for space tourism on Thursday, October 14, calling for a focus instead on the planet’s problems.

In an interview with the BBC (link in english) Ahead of the first edition of the Earthshot Prize on Sunday to reward solutions to the climate crisis, the Duke of Cambridge urged world leaders to take action to tackle it.

The criticism comes after a few minutes’ flight into space on Wednesday by a cult actor star streak William Shatner on board a rocket from Blue Origin, on the occasion of the second flight of the rocket of American billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. The latter intends to establish itself as a major player in the coveted space tourism sector, with British billionaires Richard Branson and American Elon Musk competing. A trip that William, a helicopter pilot once did not take “No use at all.”

Ahead of the United Nations climate conference, COP26, scheduled for October 31 in Glasgow (Scotland), Prince William called on world leaders not to be content with it. Beautiful song lyrics. “I want the things I’ve enjoyed, the great outdoors, the nature, the environment, I want to always be there for my kids, and not just for my kids, but for everyone else’s.”, He said.

“If we are not careful, we will steal the future of our children by what we do now”, he insisted. ‘It would be an absolute disaster’ For George, William’s eldest son, to find himself “There I speak to you after thirty years, and I repeat the same things, because by then it will be too late”Prince added.

Ahead of COP26, Prince William, second in the line of succession to the British throne, also joined in the call of his father, Prince Charles, who praised his long-standing work in favor of the environment. In an interview with the BBC on Monday, Charles, 72, expressed concern that a meeting of international leaders in Glasgow could do so. “Just talk” During COP26, instead of taking measures to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are responsible for global warming.