Building the market for water resilience

Flooding, drought and declining water quality are no longer future threats - they are material risks already impacting businesses, infrastructure and communities across the UK. Yet the market needed to deliver water resilience at scale is only just beginning to emerge.

This session brings together the organisations shaping that market now. The FloodAction Coalition will reveal how priority catchments, accelerator projects and new financial models are moving from concept to delivery, supported by growing alignment across policy, regulation and investment.

A government keynote will explore the role of public policy in unlocking action, followed by insights into the four critical system shifts needed to scale resilience: funding, coordination, market infrastructure, and data and verification.

Senior leaders from infrastructure, insurance, finance and agrifood will then discuss where demand is accelerating, what barriers remain and why this is a pivotal moment to engage.