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

07/04/2022 5 min

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Episode Synopsis

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!".

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"Action on environment report card stalls as government slow to release";

"Join the #ClimateActionNow day of action";

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"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";

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"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"The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated";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";

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"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";

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