Date: 27th February 2026

Time: 8:30am – 1:10pm

Location: Online

This conference will examine recent developments and priorities for implementing climate change adaptation and resilience in the UK. Discussion will focus on practical considerations for delivery, particularly for infrastructure planning, investment and operation.

It will bring stakeholders and policymakers together to consider implications as national and local government plans – alongside those of regulators and infrastructure operators – advance for strengthening climate preparedness for critical infrastructure, vulnerable communities, and more widely across built and natural environments.

Policy, key developments & implications for delivery

In discussing the way forward, sessions will draw on recommendations for adaptation strategies set out in the Climate Change Committee’s Progress in adapting to climate change report and the Government’s response, alongside the UK Resilience Action Plan, 10-year flood defence programme, continued implementation of the UK’s Third National Adaptation Programme and preparations for NAP4. Sessions will address issues with delays in delivery and options for closing the delivery gap in NAP4.

Looking at implications for infrastructure and contingency planning, as well as investment decisions, we expect discussion on options for addressing stakeholder concerns that progress across sectors remains uneven – with gaps in monitoring and accountability – and on the adequacy in testing of current approaches against severe flooding, heatwaves and compound risk.