This week, our latest research note, Climate Inaction Harms Reputation, featured on Dezeen’s website. The article featured an interview with Jane Poynter, the British CEO of space tourism company Space Perspective. Our research was used as evidence to suggest the general public would not be in favour of companies offering six figure prices for a day trip to space.
Summary
- There is growing public backlash against billionaires’ extravagant hobbies, with 75% of people believing wealthy individuals “should focus their resources on problems facing Earth, like climate change, before space travel.”
- The interviewee, Jane Poynter, spoke highly of billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
- Poynter also spoke highly of her company’s wishes for humanity to have the option to go further than Earth.
