Water crisis is among the top five crises that will have the largest impact in the next decade. Exacerbated by climate change, growing scarcity and competition for water stand as major threats to future advances in food security, nutrition and poverty alleviation, with further impacts on the environment and human...

Watch the recordings of the 2nd WASAG International Forum

Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference  and following the 2nd WASAG (The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture) International Forum, the Director of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Li Lifeng, talks about one of the most pressing global challenges facing humanity: water...

In his opening remarks at the WASAG side event at the UN Water Conference in New York, FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, thanked all partners for their continued commitment to WASAG, and invited all FAO Members to join this powerful partnership. He also highlighted that WASAG is core to FAO’s commitment to integrated...

WASAG Commitment is now published on the UNDESA website.