Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission Sir John Armitt, has highlighted the need for honesty with the public about the costs of big shifts needed to deliver the transition to a lower carbon economy – and the costs of inaction.

The water sector could soon be the first in the UK able to print made-to-measure objects out of sustainable concrete on site.

Global consulting group PwC is warning that progress on climate appears to have stalled and that the Paris Agreement goal is slipping further out of reach.

An upcoming report from the United Nations on the effect of climate change on global investments is expected to warn that global delays in tackling the issue are set to cost the world's biggest companies nearly £1 trillion, according to Sky News.

The European Union has described the US announcement to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as a sad day for the global community as a key partner turns its back on the fight against climate change.

The construction industry faces the largest change management programme since Victorian times if it is to meet the low carbon agenda, according to an industry report published today.