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Report of the High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 45 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Synopsis (short abstract) The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG), a partnership hosted by FAO, was officially launched at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in November 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, and subsequently endorsed by 83 ministers in charge of agriculture during the 9th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Conference at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in January 2017 in Germany.The event ‘Towards a High-Level Dialogue on WASAG – Technical Preparatory Meeting’ took place from 29 to 30 April 2024 with approximately 600 onsite/online participants, with 82 countries represented. The event discussed priorities for WASAG for the period 2025–2031, reviewed the proposed new WASAG operating mechanisms especially establishing a Member-led Steering Committee and a Technical Advisory Committee, shared knowledge and experiences on addressing water scarcity in agriculture, and provided inputs to a draft Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture for further consultation with Members.Building on the outcomes of the WASAG preparatory meeting that took place in April  2024, the event ‘High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG – The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture’ took place on 17 October 2024 and brought around 400 participants, both in person and virtually, consolidating and scaling-up the WASAG partnership onto greater level of visibility, commitment, and impact.

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Meeting date 17 October 2024

Meeting location Rome, Italy

Language English

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