Canada Picks a Climate Leader to Butt Heads With Trump
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has been an international leader on climate. Can he translate that into domestic policy?
Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, during an election night event at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, on April 29.
Photographer: David Kawai/BloombergThis week, Canadians went to the polls and elected Mark Carney, leader of the Liberal party to be their prime minister. Carney is a newcomer to politics, but is well known in international finance circles, running both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.
He is also a climate champion. Carney helped found the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, which he co-chaired with Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg. (He also served as chair of Bloomberg Inc.) His other roles included United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance.