What Mark Carney Told The World In Davos This Week - CleanTechnica

In his address at Davos, Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of England and current prime minister of Canada, emphasized the erosion of the rules-based international order that has underpinned global stability for decades. He highlighted the growing great power rivalry and the fading influence of established international norms, warning that the old system—where countries complied with shared rules for mutual benefit—is breaking down. Carney invoked Václav Havel’s concept of “living within a lie,” describing how nations and companies have maintained a fragile global order by outwardly conforming to rules they privately recognize as flawed or unevenly applied. However, he argued that this compliance can no longer be sustained as the system’s contradictions become untenable. Carney pointed out that the previous era of American-led hegemony provided public goods such as open sea lanes, financial stability, and collective security, which allowed middle powers like Canada to thrive under a predictable framework. Yet, recent crises in finance, health, energy, and