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
- Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens
- From pledges to action: Leaders push for faster climate progress at COP30
- Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise
- Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands
- COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance
- In Brazil, Guterres calls for ‘fair, fast and final’ shift to clean energy
- UN chief urges world leaders to drive down global warming
- New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action
- Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide
- Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa
Atmosphere
- An Hourly Dataset of Moisture Budget Components Over the Indian Subcontinent (1940–2024)
- Volcanic eruptions disrupt ENSO teleconnections with land summer temperature
- Dust, sand and wind drive slope streaks on Mars
- Cloud radiative effects significantly increase wintertime atmospheric blocking in the Euro-Atlantic sector
- Can stratospheric nudging improve surface predictability? Insights from the 2019 Southern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warming
- Expanding storms
- Pathways to a safer planet
- Feature selection for data-driven seasonal forecasts of European heatwaves
- Increasing central and northern European summer heatwave intensity due to forced changes in internal variability
- Horizontal and vertical exoplanet thermal structure from a JWST spectroscopic eclipse map
Renewable sources
- South America’s Energy Transition Poised to Benefit Business and Society
- Tripling Renewables Is Not Just About Access, It’s About Growth and Productivity
- Canadian G7 Presidency and IRENA Seize Opportunities for Power System Transformation
- Interconnection, Not Isolation, is ASEAN’s USD4.8 Trillion Lever
- 30th IRENA Council to Review Energy Transition Priorities Ahead of COP30
- Interconnection, not isolation, is Asean’s US$4.8 trillion lever
- Southeast Asia Rallies to Advance Renewables in the Region
- Five Key Takeaways from APRA’s Second Investment Forum
- IRENA and Sierra Leone Hold Second APRA Investment Forum to Drive Finance in Africa
- Connecting Projects to Investments: How Project Facilitation Unlocks Climate Finance