General Motors has updated its logo (pictured) in keeping with its move into an electric future and today we hear from CEO, Mary Barra, who was thrilled with her first ride in a "driverless car".

From the U.S. we switch to Australia to hear from Australian National University Vice-Chancellor, Brian Schmidt, share his personal experiences of climate change and then some advice on how we can rise to the challenges in his Message to Youth special video.

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Green opportunities missed in UK levelling up strategy, say experts";

"Ruling on Rooftop Solar Called a 'Game-Changer' for Clean Energy";

"A critical review of climate change risk for ski tourism";

"A Town That Saved a Mountain, and a Mountain That Saved a Town";

"Biden Administration to Reinstate Mercury Pollution Rules Weakened Under Trump";

"Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change";

"On the Cajun Coast, a Chef Grapples With Threats to a Seafood Tradition";

"Koenigsegg’s First Electric Motor Is a Tiny 335-HP Box of Engineering Magic";

"Hundreds of thousands without power as "massive" winter storm hits U.S.";

"Scientists dispute Morrison government claim to UN its Great Barrier Reef approach ‘second to none’";

"Australian power prices now 'among lowest in the world' as renewable energy drives costs down";

"Why Strike Energy’s fast-tracked urea plant is latest example of hydrogen greenwashing";

"Top cricketers join war on climate change";

"Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food – now is the time to plan for it";

"New German leader proposes a ‘climate club’ of leading economies that would punish free-riders like Australia";

"Feeding the World: Climate Change and the Global Diet";

"These Holiday Inn windows have a secret job";

"How 2022 could be a national and global pivot point for carbon emissions";

"‘We have to adapt’: US Pacific north-west weighs plans to cope with extreme weather";

"Paving the way towards a sustainable, equitable and net-zero global economy";

"‘Second to none’: Australia responds to UNESCO’s Great Barrier Reef warning";

"ANU Climate Update 2022";

"Aussie farm dams help cut greenhouse gases";

"Climate anxiety is real. Why talking about it matters";

"How regional Australia beats the heat";

"Love of nature is in the genes, say scientists".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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