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# Is Carney the world's second largest "Climate Heretic?"
- URL: https://www.onthetrail.info/latest/is-carney-the-worlds-second-largest-climate-heretic/
- Published: 2026-11-11T22:35:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T22:35:36.000Z
- Description: Newsweek said it. Let's look at his record.
- Author: Isaac Peltz
- Tags: News

[NEWSWEEK](https://www.newsweek.com/revenge-of-climate-heretics-50-leading-eco-policy-dissenters-12651706?ref=onthetrail.info) has declared Mark Carney a “Climate Heretic” above even Donald Trump. Here’s what they said:

“As U.N. special envoy on climate action and finance, Carney launched the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero in 2021\. At its peak, its members claimed $130 trillion in assets. His 2021 book, *Value(s): Building a Better World for All*, argued that markets had failed to price the climate crisis. Yet on his first day as prime minister of Canada, in March 2025, he signed the order ending its consumer carbon tax. In October 2025, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, part of the network he built, voted to shut down. Weeks later, he signed an agreement with Alberta to advance a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast.”

So, how has Carney’s record been so far? [Ecojustice](https://ecojustice.ca/carney-government-deregulation/?ref=onthetrail.info#:~:text=November%202025%20%E2%80%93%20Cut%20to%20the%20%E2%80%9C2,Lakes%2C%20Lake%20Winnipeg%20and%20the%20Mackenzie%20River.) reported on the backsliding by the Carney government.

1. Scrapped the consumer carbon price (which, despite common media narratives, saved most Canadians money through a rebate system)
2. Scrapped emissions cap for oil and gas industry
3. Weakened clean electricity and methane regulations
4. Expedited the construction of Ksi Lisims LNG and North Coast Transmission Line
5. Suspended the ban on exporting single use plastic items
6. Scrapped the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard
7. Weakened greenwashing provisions
8. Granted cabinet the power to exempt anyone from environmental laws in certain sectors
9. Gave Alberta autonomy over impact assessments
10. Weakened industrial carbon pricing significantly
11. Listed west coast oil pipeline as a project of national interest
12. Listed Roberts Bank Terminal as a project of national interest
13. Increasing development and adoption of AI across Canada
14. Cut the department of Environment and Climate Change Canada
15. Ended the *Greener Homes* loan program
16. Revised *2 Billion Trees* program to 1 billion trees
17. Cut $5 million for the Canada Water Agency
18. Ended the Clean Growth Hub
19. Funding cuts to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

It is not fair to place Carney above Trump in a ranking of people who are problematic for the environment. However, in context, it was certainly expected that Carney would have been a more environmental leader because of both his book, where he advocated moving the economy away from oil and gas, as well as his time as UN climate envoy. Still, Trump rejects the existence of climate change, and the US generates up to 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. 

Canada remains the [11th worst country ](https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/?ref=onthetrail.info)for GHG emissions - net, not per capita. According to the Canadian Climate Institute, [we are 20 years behind our emissions targets.](https://climateinstitute.ca/news/canada-more-than-20-years-behind-2030-emissions-target/?ref=onthetrail.info)

The goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is unachievable on our current trajectory and that’s before any more deregulation and weakening of our climate policies.

Earth is on track to reach 2.6 C heating by 2100 (so far.) [This will lead to sea levels rising, more climate disasters and an endless slew of fires every summer, worse than what we already see.](https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/effects/?ref=onthetrail.info)

Most countries, other than the USA, are working to lower their dependence on fossil fuels. Canada meanwhile is increasing its reliance.

COP31 is meeting in Turkey, but it has lost its purpose over the years. It is dominated by fossil fuel lobbyists and the global political will to fight climate change is mostly gone.