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Quick Climate Links: Aphasia; The climate crisis; Bruce Willis; Cabbage Tree Island; record rains


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Bruce Willis (pictured) is well known to moviegoers and will retire from acting because of aphasia  - the troubles he experiences are well known to the host of Climate Conversations, Robert McLean.
Learn more about aphasia from the National Aphasia Association's story - "Understanding Bruce Willis’s Aphasia Announcement".
Hear about the devastation caused by New South Wales floods at Cabbage Tree island in an RN Breakfast interview by Patricia Karvelas -  "NSW Floods devastate Cabbage Tree Island".
Listen/watch the YouTube clip "We WILL Fix Climate Change!".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Alarm that IPCC WGIII report on climate mitigation accepts overshoot of 1.5°C and relies on unproven technofixes that won’t curb runaway climate change";
"IPCC: New climate report shows accelerating impacts, yet rich countries tried to water down text";
"A Deadly Ring of Coal: VALE’s poisoned gift to Mozambique";
"Testimonies as groups build widows’ capacity on sustainable ‘ugu’ farming";
"Towards a Just Transition from Coal in Australia?";
"Action on environment report card stalls as government slow to release";
"Join the #ClimateActionNow day of action";
"How an ex-coalmining town is turning to ecotourism to rebuild its economy";
"Some young adults are worried about having kids";
"12 books on racial, gender, and environmental/climate justice";
"Russia Is Finished as a Major Energy Power";
"Top 10 clean energy stories from Canary’s first year";
"Carbon removal now ​‘unavoidable’ part of fighting climate change, UN says";
"Experts say blending hydrogen into gas pipelines won’t work";
"Woodside's controversial Scarborough LNG project gets final approval amid climate warnings";
"Greens launch $6.1 billion electric vehicle policy in new election pitch";
"Coastal erosion has south coast residents fearing they are one bad storm away from beaches disappearing";
"Flood evacuation orders issued across NSW as Sydney surpasses average annual rainfall";
"Climate Change and the Future of Our Cities";
"Bumper Wheat Crop Looms Again in Australia on Ample Rains";
"Climate change poses looming health crisis";
"The 1.5-Degree Goal Is All But Dead";
"The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated";
"Crossbench warn Morrison, Albanese there will be ‘no deals’ in a hung parliament";
"Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels";
"On top of drastic emissions cuts, IPCC finds large-scale CO₂ removal from air will be “essential” to meeting targets";
"Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen?";
"Why is the UK government backing nuclear power when onshore wind is so much better?";
"Scorched Eart: Climate and Conflict in the Middle East";
"West Africa faces its worst food crisis in ten years, with over 27 million people already suffering from hunger";
"Mutual aid in a global food crisis: Rural South African women work together";
"Cities drive climate change, and can provide a solution, UN says";
"Lawmakers fail to override key element of gov’s climate plan";
"Tasmanian government accused of attempting to 'retrospectively' change law to 'legalise' logging";
"Rain in NSW continues to fall, causing flooding after overnight deluges";
"Evacuation orders issued, homes isolated in Sydney as torrential rain causes flash flooding";
"NSW rain updates: Flood evacuation orders for Camden, Woronora, Chipping Norton, Bonnet Bay";
"The Break newsletters";
"Climate and weather";
"What would following Australia’s ‘leadership’ on the climate crisis actually look like?";
"Nepean River forecast to exceed 1988 levels as flash flooding in Sydney forces evacuations";
"Past, Present and Future Climate eBook for the Victorian Mallee";
"Meet the Youth Activist Group Targeting UK Refineries";
"PM to put nuclear power at heart of UK’s energy strategy";
"Enraged,
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