Today's episode is a whistle-blow tour of what's been happening in the last few weeks in terms of elections in the world (well, at least the English-speaking world in terms of today's discussion).

There's been a lot of understandable talk about sustainability being on life support in terms of politics and corporate action but a few recent elections show that maybe, after all, the sustainability boat has wind in its sails and momentum is building again in some regions.

Maybe it's a false dawn. And there's definitely clear signals that, even if people support the concept, policies which carry the population will them will be critical or a backlash will happen pretty quickly.