The ascendance of Carney as a climate prime minister who didn’t talk about climate is all the more striking when considered alongside last year’s election in Mexico of Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist who also avoided talking about the issue in her campaign.

Mark Carney will be the prime minister of Canada after the Liberal Party won a slight majority in parliament when Canadians voted Monday on whether the Liberals would remain in power following a decade of rule.