By Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg
Mark Carney’s victory in Canada’s federal election on Monday means two big North American countries have elected leaders with deep green credentials: Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, an energy engineering Ph.D. and past contributor to United Nations climate science reports.
Before he took over from former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as head of Canada’s Liberal Party, Carney spent five years as the United Nations’ Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance. He helped found GFANZ, a global initiative to mobilize capital to decarbonize the economy, which he co-chaired with Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg. (He also served as chair of Bloomberg Inc.)
Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister and leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, during an election night event at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, early on Tuesday, April 29. Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
During a breakneck five-week campaign, neither Carney nor his closest competitor, Conservative Pierre Poilievre, spent much time on climate policy as both instead dedicated speeches to vociferously rejecting any notion that Canada would ever be the 51st state (in defiance of Trump). The candidates also condemned Trump’s tariff war.
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