The marathon climate talks in Madrid had a rather disappointing outcome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8McVmQRDI While the USA was excluded from the conference, other fossil-fuel addicted nations, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil did their best to sabotage the cause for climate action. Meanwhile the valuable perspective from women was largely ignored. From the top down in climate discussions, to regional and local talks in developing countries, women's voices are generally excluded.
The nuclear lobby is working quietly away to get nuclear power accepted as "green", thus getting not only 'respectability', but also hefty financial advantages. They're having minor success in Europe. The European Union's sustainable finance debate was bogged down in the question of including nuclear power. It ended up with a weak inclusion of nuclear power as a "sustainable activity', but it still has to be agreed by the European Parliament, which has insisted on its “no” to nuclear.
