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
- Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season
- Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
- FAO Director-General: Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity and land degradation threats
- FAO launches AIM4NatuRe to improve monitoring of ecosystem restoration
- FAO launches a $150 million Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for Ukraine to support war-affected rural communities
- Boost for the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Two years since the start of the conflict, Sudan is facing a severe food security catastrophe
- Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
- At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizes world’s growing need for the urgent and accelerated transformation of global agrifood systems
- 30 years of AQUASTAT: FAO celebrates global water data milestone
Climate
- Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear
- Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights
- Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns
- World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
- Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
- Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change
- Partnerships, increased climate investment crucial for sustainable transition, says UN deputy chief
- Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions
- Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say
- Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’
Atmosphere
- Super-Clausius–Clapeyron scaling of extreme precipitation explained by shift from stratiform to convective rain type
- A low-dimensional recursive deep learning model for El Niño-Southern Oscillation simulation
- Arctic warming from a high-latitude effusive volcanic eruption
- FuXi-DA: a generalized deep learning data assimilation framework for assimilating satellite observations
- Sustained freshening of Arabian Sea High Salinity Water induced by extreme precipitation events
- Maintenance of the great late Ediacaran ice age
- Understanding the driving mechanisms behind triple-dip La Niñas: insights from the prediction perspective
- Distinct Impacts of the Central and Eastern Atlantic Niño on West Antarctic Sea Ice
- Unique roll clouds along the flow path of the Indian summer monsoon low-level jet over the Arabian sea
- Contemporaneous formation of self-secondaries and layered ejecta deposits on Mars
Renewable sources
- The Powerful Role in Geopolitics is to Manage the Energy Transition
- Renewables in 2024: 5 Key Facts Behind a Record-Breaking Year
- Georgia to Harness Renewables to Enhance Energy Security
- The Success of Global Energy Transitions Starts with Early-Stage Project Financing
- Record-Breaking Annual Growth in Renewable Power Capacity
- G20+ Countries Hold the Key to the Global Renewable Target by 2030
- Impactful Partnerships for Small Islands’ Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development
- Tripling off-grid renewables is a catalyst for sustainable development in rural communities
- Why Community-Centred Approach is Key to Scale up Renewables-Based Adaptation Efforts in Agriculture
- The 2025 IRENA Youth Forum Empowers Youth to Shape Global Energy Future