Canada can’t ignore climate change just because the U.S. is missing in action

At some point, the U.S. will again become a responsible stakeholder but its failure to assume its responsibility is no excuse for Canada or any other country to slack off. Climate change is an urgent challenge for today.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025.

In 2005, Robert Zoellick, who was then the U.S. secretary of state, called on China to become a “responsible stakeholder in the international system.” He argued the country had reached the stage where it could “help shore up the stability of the international system....

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