A public forum at Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral entitled "Fighting a Climate Emergency" was held under a huge three dimensional (it is seven metres across) artwork of Gaia created by British artist, Luke Jerram.

Ever worsening warnings of trouble for the Shepparton-based Nicholls electorate has reached a new level with the Climate Council declaring the Federal Seat to be the worst in Australia with regard to riverine flooding, adding that even under the least worse scenario, many homes in Shepparton will be uninsurable by 2030.

Murray Silby's story in today's Shepparton News - "Report claims 90 per cent of Shepparton homes uninsurable by 2030" - makes for unsettling reading.

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Luke Jerram -  multidisciplinary arts practise";

"Why Barnaby Joyce's 'gift' to farmers of a $5.4bn dam could create the 'most expensive water' in Australia";

"Startup tests technology to recover minerals from mine waste and recycled batteries";

"Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions";

"How the oil and gas industry is trying to hold US public schools hostage";

"Climate Risk Map of Australia";

"‘Older people destroying our future’: Geelong gas terminal plan sparks strong opposition";

"Removing bike lanes is not just a bad idea, it’s economic vandalism";

"Global disasters are coming harder and faster. Here’s how we can cut the risks";

"As drought worsens, can Kenyan communities coexist with native wildlife?";

"Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching report delayed until after election";

"Farmers’ lobby criticises major parties’ ‘radio silence’ on climate policy";

"Boiled alive: how India’s record heatwaves test the limits of survival";

"‘We risk wasting billions’: Australia Institute report seeks urgent review of Emissions Reduction Fund";

"Election 2022: Young people launch new tongue-in-cheek Save the Planet Party for under-18s";

"Charity boss: Governments should be ‘horsewhipped’ over energy policy";

"NSW government rules out coal exploration licences for two major regions";

"Mining towns now accept the need for energy transition, new report says";

"Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis":

"65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation";

"Seaweed farm proposal for Eden aims for Australian-first commercial kelp crop";

"750 mining jobs potentially at stake as Eraring closure approaches";

"Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again?";

"Top Sea Polluters Beg for Climate Rules That No Rival Can Avoid";

"Microbe-based faux beef could save forests, slash CO2";

"Combining crops and solar panels is allowing Kenya to ‘harvest the sun twice’";

"Nowhere Is Ready for This Heat";

"The Rise of Greenflation";

"Western Drought 2020-2022";

"What Regions Need on the Path to Net Zero".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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