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Climate Activists Award Carney, Other Absent World Leaders ‘Fossil of the Day’ Title
Climate Action Network International cited 5 wealthy countries for skipping the conference and criticized Canada’s rollback of climate policies.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and several other world leaders have been awarded the "fossil of the day" title by Climate Action Network International for failing to attend the UN Climate Conference in Turkey.
- Canada's reputation as a global climate leader took a hit last year in Brazil, and Carney has since rolled back climate policies including the consumer carbon tax and an emissions cap on oil and gas production enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau.
- A recent report found Ottawa abandoned a 2021 pledge to ban thermal coal exports, though officials claim that work is only "paused." Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin is attending the conference to address criticism over policy shifts.
- The award also targeted "absent leaders of wealthy countries," including Germany, France, Japan, and Denmark. New Zealand received the designation on Monday for gutting methane targets and changing laws to shield corporations from climate litigation.
- Following a Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday, Carney begins a 10-day overseas trip to summits in Dublin, Ireland; Manila, Philippines; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; and Shenzhen, China—notably excluding the climate summit in Turkey.
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Climate activists award Carney, other absent world leaders ‘fossil of the day’ title
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and several other world leaders who failed to attend the UN Climate Conference in Turkey have been awarded the "fossil of the day" title.
·Toronto, Canada
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