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Trump Squishes Paris Treaty

What are the economic implications of the US President's withdrawal from the global climate change deal? And why do many big oil companies and some Republicans oppose his move?

What are the economic implications of the US President's withdrawal from the global climate change deal? And why do many big oil companies and some Republicans oppose his move?

Presenter Ed Butler gets the views of former president of the Shell Oil Company John Hofmeister, the former head of George W Bush's Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman, and the Greenpeace senior climate advisor Charlie Kronick.

Also in the programme, the many business initiatives to improve child literacy in Africa. We hear about one of the more surprising ones - affordable sanitary towels - from Sophia Grinvalds, the co-founder of AFRIpads. Plus actress and model Lily Cole explains why she is backing the Project Literacy Lab plan.

(Picture: Donald Trump announces his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement; Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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