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In his conclusion, he asks how we can discharge our responsibility to the refugees who are the victims of American policies we collude with.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 9, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Lies\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-george-seddon\"\u003eGeorge Seddon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-barney-foran\"\u003eBarney Foran\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-a-duncan-brown\"\u003eA. 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Will humanity rise to the challenge?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis landmark essay by Tim Flannery is about sustainability, our search for it in the twenty-first century, and the impact it might have on the environmental threats that confront us today. Flannery discusses in detail three potential solutions to the most pressing of the sustainability challenges: climate change. He argues that Australia has a special responsibility when it comes to climate change, and that our prime minister could be a critical player on the global stage in Copenhagen in December 2009 – but only if we take swift and effective action and make sharp cuts in emissions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliant and terrifying, \u003cem\u003eNow or Never \u003c\/em\u003eis a call to arms by Australia's leading thinker and writer on the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 31, \u003cem\u003eNow or Never\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-peter-cosier\"\u003ePeter Cosier\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-richard-branson\"\u003eRichard Branson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-david-foster\"\u003eDavid Foster\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460766417031,"sku":"9781863952712-POD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe31_0_8c828d39-e08d-42c3-aace-121d5cbe5044.jpg?v=1625796605"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-44-paperback","title":"Man-Made World; QE44 by Andrew Charlton","description":"\u003cp\u003eWitnessing 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\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\r\n\r\n\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 – and 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\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL: RICHARD FLANAGAN ON LOVE AND NON-FREEDOM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Essay\u003c\/em\u003e also includes a piece by one of Australia’s leading writers, Richard Flanagan, entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Australian Disease: O\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003en the decline of love and the rise of non-freedom\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 44, \u003cem\u003eMan-Made World\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-peter-hay\"\u003ePeter Hay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-eric-knight\"\u003eEric Knight\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-john-quiggin\"\u003eJohn Quiggin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460766843015,"sku":"9781863955522","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe44_0_d522c8bd-7d82-4984-88bf-1026f558c1ca.jpg?v=1625796662"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-48-paperback","title":"After the Future; QE48 by Tim Flannery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAustralia is home to many animals and plants found nowhere else on earth, making Australians caretakers of a unique heritage in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Yet, in \u003cem\u003eAfter the Future\u003c\/em\u003e, Tim Flannery shows that this country is now on the brink of a new wave of extinctions, which threatens to leave our national parks as “marsupial ghost towns.” Why are species becoming extinct despite the tens of millions of dollars being spent to protect nature? And what more should be done?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this passionate and illuminating essay, Flannery tells the story of the human impact on the continent. He revisits his Future Eaters hypothesis, discussing how firestick farming helped to shape the ecology and preserve native fauna. He looks at the way recent governments, in tandem with an indifferent populace and a rabid libertarian right, have let environmental knowledge and commitments erode.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, he describes new approaches to wildlife conservation and argues that Australia must take the lead on these. This is an essay that rings the alarm on behalf of the natural world, and asks us to think again about protection of its irreplaceable riches.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 48, \u003cem\u003eAfter the Future\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-peter-garrett\"\u003ePeter Garrett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-john-woinarski\"\u003eJohn Woinarski\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-tim-low\"\u003eTim Low\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39460766974087,"sku":"9781863955829-POD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe48_61a9d230-8b18-46b4-ac91-6ce7db10f03b.jpg?v=1625796678"},{"product_id":"quarterly-essay-66-paperback","title":"The Long Goodbye; QE66 by Anna Krien","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Great Barrier Reef is dying. 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It asks whether our current systems – our society and its communities – can possibly meet the needs of the nation and the certainty of change. Is the Plan an honest compact, and is it fair? Can it work? 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