Global warming, while increasing human demand for water, is reducing water availability by reducing runoff flows and … the effective amount of water between seasons, making water scarcity a growing problem globally. Water management plays an … important role in mitigating global warming, improving the water cycle, reducing carbon emissions, and providing clean energy …

This report takes stock of agriculture and water policy changes from 2009 to 2019 and assesses the alignment of these … changes with relevant sections of the OECD Council Recommendation on Water and the 2017 G20 Agriculture Ministerial Action … Plan on water and food security. The analysis builds on results from a 2019 survey on agriculture and water policy changes …