Land and Water Days 2015: Synthesis Report

As World leaders forged two new big deals in late 2015 – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Climate Change Agreements – over 200 experts and technical officers working in fields related to land and water management, participated in the 3rd Land and Water Days held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters in Rome, from 10 to 12 November 2015. The three-day event was organized by FAO, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), with support from a Steering Committee composed of dedicated colleagues from the three Rome-based agencies (RBAs). The timing of the event allowed participants to reflect on their future work programme as they exchanged experiences across projects and regions and debated how to reach effective and lasting impacts for land and water actions.