2. Water resources needed for food production and rural development are threatened by climate change impacts, such as an increase in summer temperatures, a decrease in winter precipitation (in western provinces in particular), a loss of surface waters, an increase in the frequency of droughts, land degradation, coastal erosion, and floods.

Water resources needed for food production and rural development are threatened by climate change impacts, such as an increase in summer temperatures, a decrease in winter precipitation (in western provinces in particular), a loss of surface waters, an increase in the frequency of droughts, land degradation, coastal erosion, and floods.