The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) is warning that no place on earth will be spared the impacts of climate change as ice melts in the planet’s frozen regions, oceans warm and sea levels rise.

United Utilities has been ranked among the top 20 companies in a new climate change business leaderboard for the UK.

An international research study led by the University of Bristol is warning that if global warming continues at its current rate, the high temperature “business as usual’ scenario could see sea level rise in excess of 2 metres by 2100.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is warning that the UK homes are unfit for the challenges of climate change, including flooding and water scarcity and says the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets will not be met without the near-complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from UK buildings.

Irish Water has renewed the Public Sector Energy Partnership Programme with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the utility has committed to a new strategic initiative to embed energy efficiency in its operations.

Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals to tackle dangerous climate change can still be met, according to a new UN assessment.

Yorkshire Water has appointed multi-national energy company ENGIE as energy supplier in a partnership which will see ENGIE deliver a flexible, competitive energy supply and the aim of reducing the water company’s annual  £53 million electricity costs.

Scottish Water has reached a milestone in renewable energy generation – the utility is facilitating the generation of more renewable power than it consumes annually and is on track to double this by 2018.

Yorkshire Water is aiming to halve carbon emissions at any new assets it builds by 2020 – one of six new carbon reduction targets which form part of the water company’s commitment to the Infrastructure Carbon Review.