Clara Ferreira Marques, Columnist

Canada Is a Test of Climate Ambition

Its proposal to reduce emissions is both visionary and rational. Now it just needs to stick.

Steam rises from the Syncrude Canada Ltd. upgrader plant in Alberta, Canada.

Photographer: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg
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Last in a four-part series on oil-dependent economies and their transition to a zero-carbon future. Read part one on Saudi Arabia here, part two on Russia here and part three on Nigeria here.

Angel Gurria, preparing to step down after 15 years as secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, had parting words of advice as the world considers its post-Covid recovery: “Put a big fat price on carbon.”