Climate, environment and sustainable agriculture
Meteorology and Agrometeorology
3a has extensive experience in weather monitoring and in the processing and analysis of meteorological data.
Phytopathological modeling
3a develops phytopathological forecasting models based on the best available scientific literature.
Integrated agriculture platform
Green Planet is a multilingual and multi-user platform that supports agricultural choices by collecting, analyzing and disseminating field data.
Risk reduction in rural areas
An integrated information system to increase the resilience and sustainability of rural economies.
Irrigation management
An irrigation management system for sustainable agriculture.
Management consulting and digitalization
Directorate support for the definition of business objectives.
News
Agriculture
- WFF 2025: Green Cities Conference adopts Communiqué, principles and criteria for greener future cities
- New FAO-EU initiative will boost vulnerable populations’ access to aquatic foods
- Global deforestation slows, but forests remain under pressure, FAO report shows
- Junior World Food Day: FAO inspires young people with celebrity cooking show
- World Food Forum 2025 concludes with renewed global commitment to transform agrifood systems through solidarity, science, and investment
- Pope Leo XIV and world leaders mark World Food Day and FAO at 80 in Rome
- FAO and Italy unveil commemorative postal stamp marking the Organization’s 80th anniversary
- Chef Fatmata Binta designated FAO Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa
- FAO inaugurates new Food and Agriculture Museum & Network in Rome
- WFF 2025: Special event boosts momentum for the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative
Climate
- Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year
- In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater
- Amid heartache of Nepal flooding disaster, fear remains
- ‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31 summit
- From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
- Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
- Security, sacrifice or opportunity: Visions differ over effective climate action
- ‘He felt heard’: How a film brought a UN report to life in Xochimilco
- Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions
- Rotting food waste emits 5 times more greenhouse gases than planes
Atmosphere
- A spatial map of the atmospheric limb of a hot Jupiter
- Ocean thermal inertia sustains a tropical Pacific mean state shift under net zero
- Hysteresis of extreme precipitation in East Asia under various CO2 removal pathways
- Land-atmosphere feedback amplifies circulation-dominant fire weather risk over eastern Siberia
- Atmospheric lessons from Mars
- Ice clouds born from Martian waves
- North Atlantic chlorophyll blooms modulate European hydroclimate and terrestrial productivity
- Persistent contribution of biogenic emissions to lower stratospheric aerosols via global monsoon convections
- Experimental simulation of water formation on Earth from dry pebble rain
- Reduced Asian monsoon influence on Mediterranean summers in a warmer climate
Renewable sources
- 32nd IRENA Council Takes Stock of World Energy Transition Outlook 2026
- Electrification with Renewables Holds Key to World’s Energy Needs
- New Regional Cooperation Launched to Accelerate Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
- At Pre-COP31, Pacific Islands Focus on Investment Needs for Renewed Ambitions
- IRENA NewGen 2026 Proves Yet Again Youth’s Potential to Bring Impactful Change
- Electrification in Numbers: How Can Energy Systems Change by 2035?
- Renewables Gain Ground, but Must Accelerate Towards the 2030 Goal
- Electrification Takes Center Stage at Global Renewables Summit in New York
- When the Rivers Run Low: Why Reliable Power Depends on Diversity
- How EV Batteries Create Women Energy Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh