Clair Spry says her sister would hate the attention. She would want it focused on the Nepali people, who have been displaced or are in need of aid. She would want it to be on the impact of the climate crisis, especially on the world\u2019s most economically vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer focus right now would not be on her; it would be on the families,\u201d Spry said. \u201cSo many people, the Nepalese people, that have been horribly displaced and traumatised. She would want the attention on them and how we are going to help them.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd global warming. This is something the poorest people of the world are affected by. It\u2019s not the New Yorkers, it\u2019s the people who are in these parts of the world. For Renee, that would be heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renee, an Australian, was travelling in Nepal and is now missing. Photograph: GoFundMe<\/p>\n
Like many of the missing Australians<\/a>, Renee arrived at Gyirong Port just 10 minutes before the flood struck. The area was one of the hardest hit \u2013 images from Chinese rescue teams show the area completely flattened. Huge buildings, power lines, everything \u2013 just wiped away.<\/p>\n Renee is a disability support worker who lives on the Sunshine Coast. She has been with her partner, Shaun, an emergency nurse, since they were 15, and they share two daughters in their 20s.<\/p>\n Clair has set up a GoFundMe to get the three of them over to Nepal<\/a> \u2013 Shaun wants to travel to the port to try to find any signs of her. And their daughters, Lily and Ruby, don\u2019t want him to go alone.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTheir first reaction is, we have to go. The practicalities, and what can actually be done in the first few days, it hasn\u2019t been possible [to enter the area], but they still want to go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if they are able to find her, to bring her home.\u201d<\/p>\n