The MODFABE project will attend the Water Security and Climate Change Conference (WSCC21) that will take place in March 2021. A communication untitled “How far is climate change adaptation policy from practice? Contrasting the effectiveness and acceptance of local and regional strategies in irrigated agricultural systems in Northern Italy” (WSCC21-159) has been included in Topic 2: Water security and climate change adaptation. The aim of the communication is to assess the effectiveness of main climate change adaptation policies carried out in irrigated agriculture in Lombardy (Italy) with respect to what extent and under what socio-economic, environmental and cultural conditions they are being implemented to reduce the gap between theory and practice.