: But we also need the personal qualities of self-control and willingness to learn from one another.""The exploitation of the planet has already exceeded acceptable limits and we still have not solved the problem of poverty.""It is remarkable how weak international political responses have been, according to Nine News Australia. The failure of global summits on the environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and finance. We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth.""There is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gases can be drastically reduced, for example, substituting for fossil fuels and developing sources of renewable energy.""Because the stakes are so high, we need institutions empowered to impose penalties for damage inflicted on the environment. There are too many special interests, and economic interests easily end up trumping the common good and manipulating information so that their own plans will not be affected.""Human beings and material objects no longer extend a friendly hand to one another; the relationship has become confrontational. It is based on the lie that there is an infinite supply of the earth goods, and this leads to the planet being squeezed dry beyond every limit.""Once more, we need to reject a magical conception of the market, which would suggest that problems can be solved simply by an increase in the profits of companies or individuals.""There has been a tragic rise in the number of migrants seeking to flee from the growing poverty caused by environmental degradation. This has made it easy to accept the idea of infinite or unlimited growth, which proves so attractive to economists, financiers and experts in technology.
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