In response to the COP 21 Paris Agreement, policy shifts and interventions are going to take different shapes in different countries. It will vary depending on the types of regimes, level of development, availability of resources, and the nature of the involved stakeholders, among other things. This study introduces a Principal-Agent spatial model of delegation which examines the circumstances under which the science policy gap closes, is improved upon, or left unresolved, while responding to the Climate Change agreement commitments. Given the tight interconnections between climate and water, and their respective policies, this study will also reflect on the implications of the change in that gap on water resources in different cases.

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