{{selectedAlertBand.alertDescription}}
{{selectedAlertBand.incident.heading}}
{{alert.alertDescription}}
{{index+1}}
/ {{ alertBandDate.length}}
{{selectedAlertBand.alertDescription}}
{{selectedAlertBand.alertDescription}}
{{selectedAlertBand.alertLinkText}} {{selectedAlertBand.alertLinkText}}
For further updates subscribe
What is COP26?
The 26th Conference of Parties – COP26 – last year’s annual United Nations conference on climate took place on the 1-12 November 2021, with over 190 countries in attendance.
Anglian Water and COP26
At Anglian Water, we live and breathe our commitments to the environment every day, but COP26 gave us the opportunity to share our knowledge and action on climate change and learn from other organisations from all over the world.
Our region is the driest in the UK and very flat, meaning we face an especially significant risk of both drought and flooding. If we don’t act now, we will start running out of water as soon as 2025. Along with our partner Mott Macdonald, we were co-leads of the water theme at the COP26 Resilience Hub, focusing on the importance of resilience and adaptation to climate change and its impacts.
How it affects our region
The flooding that we experienced across our region in winter 2020 is just a taste of what’s to come if we don’t tackle the climate crisis now. At the same time, we’re facing a very real danger of drought in the coming years. Not only is global warming threatening our region’s much-loved environment, but it could also have a devastating impact on our communities and businesses too – so we’re doing everything we can to prevent this from happening. You can help in the fight against climate change by saving water with our top tips and reducing your carbon footprint.
Our projects
Future Fens: Integrated Adaptation
The Fens in East Anglia in the United Kingdom is on the front line of increasingly extreme weather patterns and rising sea levels. The impact of climate change is real and present. Together, Fen communities, water organisations, businesses and partners from local and national government are joining forces in a ground-breaking partnership that takes a holistic multi-sector approach to water supply and flood management across this unique landscape, to create environmental and social prosperity in the region. This is the story of Future Fens: Integrated Adaptation: the voices, hopes and aspirations of a community that is re-imagining the future of water.
The Fens in East Anglia is on the front line of increasingly extreme weather patterns and rising sea levels.
Youth Voices: Nepal and the UK
Water is the most essential resource for life on this planet. But how does the experience of it vary? This short documentary produced for COP26 aims to answer that question. By focusing on the stories, perspectives, and aspirations of schoolchildren from Nepal and the UK, we can gain an insight into the way the decision-makers of the future view the future of water. This film was created and led by the students involved, who were instrumental in deciding its focus, providing a real insight into the shared and contrasting perspectives across both countries about the action needed to create water resilience.
Water is the most essential resource for life on this planet. But how does the experience of it vary?