london britains prince william has launched an attack on space tourism urging more attention on problems closer to home ahead of the cop26 climate summitthe comments by queen elizabeth iis grandson were airing in a bbc interview later thursday a day after star trek star william shatner became a real space traveller on blue origins second crewed missionthe mission replayed the companys maiden human flight in july which included its founder jeff bezos of amazon and was seen as a breakthrough for the emerging space tourism sectorbut prince william said we need some of the worlds greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet not trying to find the next place to go and livevirgin galactic which offers a similar experience of a few minutes weightlessness and a view of the earths curvature from the cosmos launched its founder richard branson in july a few days before bezoswilliam was speaking ahead of the inaugural earthshot prize awards ceremony on sunday his initiative to honour those working on environmental solutionslooking ahead to the cop26 summit in glasgow which begins on october 31 he warned world leaders against clever speak clever words but not enough actionit would be an absolute disaster if son george is sat here talking to you in like 30 years time still saying the same thing because by then we will be too latewilliams father prince charles a lifelong environmentalist has also spoken out on the need for action from the leaders rather than words in the buildup to the un climate summithes had a really rough ride on that and i think you know hes been proven to being well ahead of the curve well beyond his time in warning about some of these dangers william saidbut it shouldnt be that theres a third generation now coming along having to ramp it up even morequeen elizabeth charles and william are all due to attend events at the twoweek summitthe gathering will try to persuade major developing economies to do more to cut their carbon emissions and get the rich world to cough up billions more to help poorer countries adapt to climate changei want the things that ive enjoyed the outdoor life nature the environment i want that to be there for my children and not just my children but everyone elses children william saidif were not careful were robbing from our childrens future through what we do now and i think thats not fair