pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels … but others, including greenhouse gas emissions, continue to rise. Poor air and water quality threaten human health, create …-and-control measures ought to make way gradually for well-implemented market-based approaches. Energy and water pricing need to be reformed …

Innovation has a role to play to mitigate water-related risks and to support the provision of water services on which … our well-being and sustainable development depend. Water-related innovation originate in a wide range of countries, with … the invention of technologies to promote water security since 1990, focusing on the countries in which inventions are …

This report offers a guide on potential reform pathways towards sustainable agriculture water use, based on a thorough … review of selected past water and agriculture reforms and extensive consultation with policy experts. A theory of change is …: charging water use in agriculture; removing subsidies that negatively impact water resources, regulating groundwater use and …

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 …

This report analyses trends in agriculture for the US Southwest region, one of the most water stressed and productive … agricultural regions in the world expected to face further water shortages in the future due to climate change and continued growth …. It examines projected water risks by mid-century without additional policy action, and discusses the expected …

Agriculture’s water quality and quantity challenges continue to grow in many regions of the world. Policy solutions … water and agriculture policy changes in OECD countries with the aim to identify steps towards adopting and implementing such …. The comparison of agriculture and water policy changes shows that introducing reforms can be facilitated by exogenous …