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.

The Environment Agency has published a new report setting out the initial findings of the Natural Flood Management (NFM) programme and how it is strengthening flood resilience.

The Environment Agency (EA) has been given the green light to progress its plans for a £21.5 million scheme to further strengthen flood protection for over 1,200 homes and businesses in Tonbridge and Hildenborough by increasing the maximum stored water level in the Leigh flood storage area.

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.

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.

United Utilities is progressing on one of its climate change pledges through a series of green fleet initiatives.

The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) is warning that a new record level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in 2020 is jeopardizing the prospect of achieving the Paris Agreement temperature targets.

Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan has warned that hotter drier summers and less predictable rainfall as a result of climate change will lead to increased drought risk and possible water shortages in the UK.

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.

South East Water is calling on the public to help shape how it plans to adapt to a changing climate.