The Trudeau government has said investing in and developing green technology is a $26 trillion opportunity. But is it true?

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says that by the end of the next decade, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions are forecast to be 227 million tonnes below what was projected in 2015.

After two weeks of negotiations in Madrid on tackling global warming, delegates from almost 200 nations passed declarations calling for greater ambition in cutting planet-heating greenhouse gases and in helping poor countries that are suffering the effects of climate change.

Unless emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are sharply cut, temperatures could rise to twice the threshold set in the 2015 Paris accord.

Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in the Spanish capital, Guterres said that ``our war against nature must stop and we know that that is possible.''

Experts on a non-partisan, independent commission of economists agree: Canada would be wealthier and greener choosing carbon pricing over more red tape and regulations.

This week on Focus Montreal, Global invites federal election riding candidates to debate climate policy, pipelines and climate anxiety's effect on youth mental health.

'Adaptation is really important ... but I would say I think it’s really a side show to the much more important challenge which is reducing our carbon emissions.'

Even in the "best-case scenario," a UN expert says hundreds of millions of people could face food insecurity, forced migration, disease and death due to climate change.

Patricia Espinosa stressed in two recent interviews with the Associated Press that climate scientists are saying there’s still a chance to make things right “but the window of opportunity is closing very soon” and the world has 12 years until carbon emissions reach “a point of no return.”