Is Mark Carney Turning His Back on Climate Action?

Climate action must be Carney government’s guiding force, not a nation-building footnote

We must quickly go all in on clean and renewable energy, writes Susan Koswan. We do not want a coast-to-coast-to-coast oil pipeline or to pretend ‘decarbonized oil’ is anything more than Orwellian doublespeak.

Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?

The G7 summit in Alberta, hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has ended with only passing mention of fighting climate change, including a statement on wildfires that is silent on the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In 'serious omission,' G7 leaders release wildfire charter with no mention of climate change

The discussions that led to the statement’s specific wording were not public. But governments of most G7 nations recognize the role of human activity in climate change, as well as the role of climate change in wildfire, with one notable exception.

G7 leaders accused of leaving climate action out of summit statements - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

At the close of the 50th G7 leaders’ summit in Canada on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, observers have expressed disappointment at the seeming lack of climate leadership, urgency, and ambition from world leaders.  G7 leaders at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada The G7 make up the richest countries in the world and expected to be the first and fastest to phase out fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy – leading to mor…