Asked about the U.S. criticism during a Thursday news conference in London, Ont., Carney brushed it off. He said Canada is pursuing investments in clean energy, while the U.S. is actively working against clean energy. “Fighting climate change is the responsibility of all countries, including the United States,” Carney said in French.

Carney did not directly address the letter when asked about it by reporters on Thursday, but took a jab at the current U.S. administration's climate change policies. "Climate change is everyone's responsibility — truly everyone's — including the United States," he said in French during a news conference in London, Ont. The comments came after complaints from U.S. politicians about wildfire smoke from Canada affecting air quality in American states.

When asked generally on Thursday about complaints about Canadian fire smoke from American lawmakers, Carney pointed to the United States' backtracking on climate change measures, including a shift away from renewable energy. "The fight against climate change is the responsibility of all countries, including the United States," he said, speaking in French. The remarks came as U.S. members of Congress from Michigan criticized Canada over smoke from nearly 200 wildfires burning in Ontario that was affecting millions of people in both countries.

Mark Carney had already framed the dispute as a shared obligation. On July 16, the Canadian leader said climate change is everybody’s responsibility, including the United States, after U.S. lawmakers pressed Canada over smoke crossing the border and after public anger grew over hazardous air quality. Carney defended Canada’s environmental record and pointed to clean-energy investments while Washington rolled back its own climate policies.

Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed Michigan, triggering hazardous air and an angry Republican letter demanding Prime Minister Carney act. Carney responded that climate change is everyone's responsibility, pointing to Canada's clean-energy investments while the U.S. rolls back its own. The comments were made at a Thursday news conference in Ontario after questions about U.S. criticism over the smoke.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney dismissed the possibility that his government could be doing more to contain the out-of-control wildfires ravaging Ontario this week and sending toxic smoke down to flood much of the American Midwest and Northeast, demanding the United States do more to fight alleged "climate change." … “Secondly, Canada is maintaining our efforts on the world’s scale and the U.S. is reducing their efforts globally [on climate change], so, yes, climate change is the responsibility of everyone… including the United States.” Carney’s comments were made during a press conference in Ontario and came in response to outrage in the United States about the smoke pollution.

Asked about the U.S. criticism during a Thursday news conference in London, Ont., Carney brushed it off. He said Canada is pursuing investments in clean energy, while the U.S. is actively working against clean energy. "Fighting climate change is the responsibility of all countries, including the United States," Carney said in French, responding to questions about U.S. lawmakers who had pressed Canada over Ontario wildfires and associated smoke.

LONDON — Some U.S. lawmakers pressed Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to do something about wildfires that are sending smoke south of the border. Asked about the U.S. criticism on Thursday at a news conference in London, Ont., Carney brushed it off. Speaking in French, he said Canada is emphasizing investments in clean energy, while the U.S. is actively working against clean energy. "Fighting climate change is the responsibility of all countries, including the United States," Carney said in French.

Carney continued the trend in his response to questions about the fires on Thursday, specifically addressing outrage in the United States about the smoke pollution. “Now we’re focusing on investing in clean energy,” Carney said in French, “in the United States there’s prohibitions now against clean energy — for example, wind energy is one example.” “Secondly, Canada is maintaining our efforts on the world’s scale and the U.S. is reducing their efforts globally [on climate change], so, yes, climate change is the responsibility of everyone… including the United States.”

Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed Michigan, triggering hazardous air and an angry Republican letter demanding Prime Minister Carney act. Carney responded to the letter today saying climate change is everyone's responsibility. "Now we're focusing on investing in clean energy. In the US, there's prohibitions now against clean energy… Secondly, Canada is maintaining our efforts at the world's scale and the US is reducing their efforts globally. So, yes, climate change is the responsibility of everyone," he said at a news conference in London, Ontario.

How do you answer US elected representatives who complain that each year they get smoke from Canada's wildfires? ... "Now we're focusing on investing in clean energy. In the US there's prohibitions now against clean energy for example. Wind energy is one example. Secondly, Canada is maintaining our efforts on the world's scale and the US is reducing their efforts globally. So yes, climate change is the responsibility of everyone, truly everyone including the United States."

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending his government’s approach to the environment as parts of the country grapple with wildfires. He made the comments today in London, Ont., as much of the province was blanketed in wildfire smoke. Carney says the government is taking an investment-driven approach to climate policy and spoke as Republican lawmakers in the United States criticized Canada’s forest management and wildfire response, although the article does not quote his specific remark about climate change being everyone’s responsibility.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to criticism from U.S. lawmakers who accused Canada of failing to prevent the wildfire disaster by calling for a change in the U.S. approach to climate change. At a Thursday press conference in Canada, Carney said his country is investing in clean energy, while the United States has obstructed it, particularly wind energy. “Climate change is the responsibility of everyone, truly everyone, including the United States,” said Carney.

On Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighted the extensive disruption resulting from wildfires in Ontario, which have released smoke across various regions of Canada and the United States. … Meanwhile, four U.S. congressional representatives from Michigan penned a letter to Mr. Carney on Wednesday, accusing Canada of inadequately managing its forests to mitigate fire risks. While this article focuses on Carney’s offer of assistance to Ontario and notes U.S. criticism, it does not quote his broader climate-change remark; that comment is reported in a separate piece about Trump’s tariff threats.

When the national press corps cornered Mark Carney to ask how Canada intended to apologize for the wind patterns, the Prime Minister completely rewrote the traditional, defensive Canadian script. He didn’t offer a polite, groveling explanation, he didn’t issue an anxious plea for Washington to calm its rhetoric, and he refused to accept a single shred of unilateral blame. Instead, he looked straight at the cameras and delivered a brutal, clinical assessment of global environmental reality: “Climate change is everyone’s responsibility—including the United States.” The exchange came in the context of American anger over wildfire smoke drifting south.

US President Donald Trump said that he told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada must do better at controlling Ontario wildfires whose smoke has affected several US states. The story notes that Trump had threatened additional tariffs over the smoke and that he and Carney discussed the issue at a public event. This article describes Trump’s demands but does not include Carney’s earlier press conference quote that climate change is the responsibility of all countries, including the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has thanked firefighters, first responders, Indigenous leaders, and emergency personnel as wildfires continue to devastate communities across Canada. Speaking in London, Ontario, Carney said thousands of Canadians have had their lives disrupted and pledged that the federal government stands ready to provide additional assistance wherever it is needed. Scientists continue to warn that climate change is contributing to longer, hotter, and more destructive wildfire seasons across Canada and around the world.

In a recent interview, he spoke about how private finance is increasingly aligned behind achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, where emissions produced equal those removed from the atmosphere. As UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, Mark Carney has frequently argued that tackling climate change requires global cooperation and shared responsibility, reflecting themes similar to his later comments as Canadian prime minister about climate being everyone’s responsibility.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, convened the Incident Response Group with ministers and senior officials to address the ongoing 2025 wildfire situation affecting many parts of the country. … Prime Minister Carney and the group thanked all first responders and officials on the ground, and reiterated that the federal government stands ready to mobilize additional support wherever needed and in all aspects. This official readout shows Carney’s involvement in federal wildfire response but predates the 2026 Ontario smoke incident and does not contain the quoted climate responsibility statement.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to convene the Incident Response Group in Ottawa today to discuss the ongoing wildfire situation across the country. The meeting comes as large areas are affected by smoke from numerous fires. Carney has faced criticism from U.S. lawmakers over the transboundary smoke and has publicly linked the fires to climate change in recent remarks.

The G7 summit in Alberta, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, concluded with only a brief acknowledgment of the fight against climate change. This included a statement regarding wildfires that notably lacked urgency on the critical need to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The article contrasts Carney’s rhetorical emphasis on climate responsibility with perceived shortcomings in concrete action.

Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England and later Canadian prime minister, has consistently framed climate change as a systemic, global risk that requires coordinated action by all nations. Before entering politics he argued in multiple speeches and writings that climate mitigation is a shared responsibility and often highlighted North American cooperation, including the role of the United States, as essential to addressing climate-related disasters such as wildfires.

This video analysis describes how recent wildfires are reshaping Canadian climate politics and public debate. Around the discussion of the 2026 Ontario fires, commentators reference Prime Minister Mark Carney’s argument that climate change is a shared global responsibility and highlight his criticism of U.S. rollbacks on renewable energy, noting his press conference remarks in Ontario that climate change is everyone’s responsibility, including the United States. The video is commentary rather than an official or primary source.

With nearly 200 wildfires burning—over 80 entirely out of control—and more than 650,000 acres already scorched, Premier Doug Ford provides details on expanding provincial evacuations for heavily impacted First Nations communities. The press conference also addresses rising diplomatic tensions following sharp criticism from U.S. lawmakers over the smoke blanketing major American cities. This shows the broader political backdrop against which Prime Minister Carney made comments about climate change being the responsibility of all countries, including the United States.

With large parts of central Canada dealing with the effects of wildfires, Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked about balancing climate targets and his government’s plan to build a new oil pipeline from Alberta. In his response, he defended his government’s climate policy and global climate finance as wildfires burn.

“It is governments who must choose whether, and how, to pursue that two-degree world,” Carney said. The explainer details how Carney’s various roles have involved urging countries and financial institutions to treat climate change as a systemic risk requiring collective action, foreshadowing his later language as prime minister that climate change is everyone’s responsibility.

In an attempt to chart his government's own approach to tackling Canada's high emissions, Carney acknowledged that "the climate crisis is still with us and our commitment to fighting it is still absolute." The CBC piece reviews Carney’s climate positions and notes his continued framing of climate change as a global issue requiring action by all countries, although it does not quote the Ontario press conference directly.