Morning mail: Great Barrier Reef warning, countries unprepared for climate crisis, Scenic Rim guide

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Good morning. A 36-year-old man has been charged in relation to Cleo Smith's alleged abduction. The United Nations says countries have failed to adapt for unavoidable climate damage. And less than 2% of the Great Barrier Reef's coral reefs have escaped bleaching since 1998.

West Australian police have charged 36-year-old man Terence Darrell Kelly in relation to the alleged abduction of Cleo Smith after the four-year-old was found alive and well 18 days after she disappeared. Officers found Cleo about 1am local time on Wednesday alone in a room at a house in Carnarvon, a town 900km north of Perth and just 75km from where her family was camping when she disappeared from their tent on 16 October. Kelly was taken into custody as officers rescued Cleo and he was later questioned about the suspected abduction. Police have said he has no connection to her family.