‘Very close to a point of no return’: urgency of climate crisis top of mind for Canadian delegation heading to UN conference

Climate change played a prominent role in the Speech from the Throne last week, as Governor General Julie Payette says the government's promise to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is 'ambitious, but necessary.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, pictured on Dec. 5, 2019, arriving at the Throne Speech on Dec. 5. Governor General Julie Payette says, 'a clear majority of Canadians voted for ambitious climate action now. And that is what the government will deliver.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

December 9, 2019

En route to Madrid for the final days of the first major international climate change conference since the federal election, and in the wake of a scathing United Nations report finding that Canada is currently not on track to meet emissions goals set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, some MPs and...

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