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SAT 23 JAN - Climate change returns to US agenda

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SAT 23 JAN - Climate change returns to US agenda

Climate change is back at the top of the US agenda after Joe Biden’s first few days as president. He’s already signed an order to rejoin the Paris Agreement and will unveil more initiatives next week. Saturday AM speaks to former Clinton climate adviser Paul Bledsoe about what the new strategy means for the US and the world. Plus, new figures show one in five Australian tourism businesses will fail this year, unless JobKeeper is extended. And there's growing pressure on the social media giants over facilitating violence and stripping news outlets of their earnings. We hear from a Roger McNamee, a former Facebook investor turned critic.

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Produced by Eleanor Whitehead and Madeleine Genner

Paul Bledsoe, former climate adviser in the Clinton White House and a strategic adviser at the Progressive Policy Institute

Brian Schmidt,  Nobel prize winning astrophysicist

Margy Osmond, CEO of the Tourism and Transport Forum.

Roger McNamee, author of "Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe"

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