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.
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Agriculture
- Vibrant youth gathering sparks ideas and actions to shape the future of our agri-food systems
- Food security and water security go hand-in-hand
- Starvation and hunger-related deaths a reality amid worsening food crises, says FAO
- Feeding people while saving the planet - "Change the Game, Change the Future" online platform challenges youth with delicate balancing act
- World Food Forum - Youth take charge of shaping the future of food at landmark event
- 2021 Innovation Award winners announced
- One day to go: World Food Forum starts 1 Oct with young generations shaping a better future for food
- Indigenous Peoples’ food systems publication wins the 2021 Best in the World Sustainability Report Award
- FAO updates its Members on the implementation of the Strategic Framework 2022-31
- The scourge of food loss and waste needs to be urgently tackled to achieve the world's 2030 target
Climate
- 1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges
- Yemen: Marking ‘significant milestone’, UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin
- Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble
- Irrational war on drugs, destruction of the Amazon, expose humanity’s failures, Colombia’s Petro tells UN
- Pakistan floods: Six month wait for water to recede, warn relief agencies
- Guterres: ‘Global addiction to fossil fuels’ must end and a ‘renewables revolution’ be jumpstarted
- Global cooperation to protect the ozone layer can ensure a better future for us all
- ‘Tsunami of hunger’ could trigger multiple famines, Security Council warned
- Climate change impacts ‘heading into uncharted territory’, warns UN chief
- UN chief sees ‘great heights’ of human endurance and heroism amid ‘climate carnage’ in Pakistan
Atmosphere
- Impact of the Pacific sector sea ice loss on the sudden stratospheric warming characteristics
- Data from the MOSAiC Arctic Ocean drift experiment
- Greenhouse warming and anthropogenic aerosols synergistically reduce springtime rainfall in low-latitude East Asia
- Increasing typhoon impact and economic losses due to anthropogenic warming in Southeast China
- The Holocene temperature conundrum answered by mollusk records from East Asia
- Heatwave–blocking relation change likely dominates over decrease in blocking frequency under global warming
- Atmospheric temperature, water vapour and liquid water path from two microwave radiometers during MOSAiC
- The first assimilation of Akatsuki single-layer winds and its validation with Venusian atmospheric waves excited by solar heating
- Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia
- Targeted artificial ocean cooling to weaken tropical cyclones would be futile
Renewable sources
- IRENA Calls for Increased Investments to Tackle the Energy Security Challenge
- International ‘Collaboration Gap’ Threatens to Undermine Climate Progress and Delay Net Zero
- ASEAN Can Cover Two-Thirds of Energy Demand with Renewables
- Call for Robust Policy Framework at IRENA’s Legislators Dialogue
- IRENA and Industry Leaders Launch the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization
- Mobilising Renewable Energy Projects in Small Island States
- First IRENA Investment Forum Kicks Off in Southeast Asia
- How E-mobility is Raising Environmental Awareness in Costa Rica
- IRENA DG’s Indonesian Mission Breaks Ground on Future G20 Investment Forum
- Let’s Not Forget, People Power Energy