The past year has seen the spotlight fall on the environment and the rapidly growing impact of climate change like never before. The water sector stands ready to meet the challenge, says Anglian Water CEO Peter Simpson, but not all the answers come from within.

A new independent assessment of COP26 and the critical next steps for the UK, published today by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that COP26 must launch a reinvigorated UK effort on climate change.

Piers Clark, Chairman of the Isle Group, looks at how COP26 panned out and outlines the launch of a new source of funding by Isle to help water utilities adopt technologies which will accelerate the path to achieving carbon neutrality.

COP26 has concluded in Glasgow with nearly 200 countries agreeing the Glasgow Climate Pact to keep 1.5C alive and finalise the outstanding elements of the Paris Agreement.

Water UK is a partner to the first ever Water Pavilion at COP26, bringing together the global water community to speak with one voice on the powerful water-related solutions that are at the heart of effective climate action.

At the start of COP26, four leading global institutions are calling for water to be placed at the centre of climate change policy. 

Watch the daily proceedings at the Water Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow which started today live via the WaterBriefing Watch Channel. Daily agenda of events from 1st to 12 November 2021.

Anglian Water has announced that in addition to its role as co-lead of the COP26 Resilience Hub’s Water theme, the pioneering climate adaptation initiative Future Fens: Integrated Adaptation will be showcased at a global hybrid event at COP26.

River groups must work collaboratively across the globe and ‘twin up’ to put pressure on governments, businesses and society to take swift action on rivers to tackle the impacts of climate change on communities, environmental charity Thames21 has warned.

A group of Scotland’s leading businesses including Scottish Water have joined forces to launch a new climate action initiative ahead of COP26 to accelerate the just transition to a net-zero future.