\u003ch3 id=\"-witnessing-at-first-hand-the-failure-of-the-copenhagen-climate-conference-and-wondering-what-went-wrong-andrew-charlton-realised-the-truth-of-a-colleague-s-words-the-world-is-split-between-those-who-want-to-save-the-planet-and-those-who-want-to-save-themselves-\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWitnessing at first-hand the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference and wondering what went wrong, Andrew Charlton realised the truth of a colleague\u0026#39;s words: \u0026#39;The world is split between those who want to save the planet and those who want to save themselves.\u0026#39;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking essay, Charlton discusses the rift that will shape our future- progress versus planet- rich versus poor. In recent times environmentalists have argued with mounting force that the growth of human activity on our planet is unsustainable. We are, they claim, on a collision course with destiny. But, the developing world counters, environmental threats, dire as they may be, are not the only challenges we face. Indeed, these can seem a distant danger compared to the daily tragedies of life in slums and villages.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the globe, economists and environmentalists vie over who has the right response to climate change, population growth and food scarcity. In Australia, this battle has plunged our politics into one of its most tumultuous periods. In \u003cem\u003eMan-Made World\u003c/em\u003e Charlton evaluates some of the proposed solutions - renewable and nuclear energy, organic and genetically modified food - argues that our descendants will only thank us if we find a way to preserve both the natural world and human progress.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;Progress has its price. Each step of human advancement has left a foot-print on the planet. Today our two defining challenges are managing climate change and eliminating global poverty. In Copenhagen we learned that these challenges are inseparable.\u0026#39; \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Charlton, \u003cem\u003eMan-Made World\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Essay\u003c/em\u003e also includes a piece by one of Australia\u0026#39;s leading writers, Richard Flanagan, entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Australian Disease; On the Decline of Love and the Rise of Non-freedom\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis issue also contains correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 43, \u003cem\u003eBad News\u003c/em\u003e, from Nick Cater, Jay Rosen, Tim Flannery, Mark Latham, Jack Waterford, Rodney Tiffen, Ian Lowe, and Robert Manne.\u003c/p\u003e
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