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
- Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO
- Giraffes, parrots, and oak trees, among many species facing extinction
- WMO reports decrease in likelihood of severe Atlantic hurricane season ahead
- Nuclear technology helps Mexico eradicate invasive insect pest
- UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering amid global energy crisis
- Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
- American west faces water and power shortages due to climate crisis: UN environment agency
- From The Field: Protecting the last Malayan tigers
- UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right
- FAO warns 90 per cent of Earth’s topsoil at risk by 2050
Atmosphere
- Dominant controls of cold-season precipitation variability over the high mountains of Asia
- A synoptic bridge linking sea salt aerosol concentrations in East Antarctic snowfall to Australian rainfall
- Author Correction: US Gulf Coast tropical cyclone precipitation influenced by volcanism and the North Atlantic subtropical high
- Aerosol-boundary layer interaction modulated entrainment process
- Influence and prediction value of Arctic sea ice for spring Eurasian extreme heat events
- Impacts, processes and projections of the quasi-biennial oscillation
- Coarse sea spray inhibits lightning
- Weak Hadley cell intensity changes due to compensating effects of tropical and extratropical radiative forcing
- Tropical cyclone-blackout-heatwave compound hazard resilience in a changing climate
- Observing the Central Arctic Atmosphere and Surface with University of Colorado uncrewed aircraft systems
Renewable sources
- IRENA DG’s Indonesian Mission Breaks Ground on Future G20 Investment Forum
- Let’s Not Forget, People Power Energy
- IRENA Goes Beyond the Talk to Address Financing Challenges in Developing Countries
- IRENA Scoops Inaugural UN SIDS Partnerships Award
- Infographic: Competitiveness of Renewables Continued amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
- Renewable Power Remains Cost-Competitive amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
- IRENA Presents Plan for China to Reach Carbon Neutrality through Renewables
- A Quarter of Global Hydrogen Set for Trading by 2050
- Global Hydrogen Trade in a 1.5°C Scenario
- Blue Economy Can Help Members Boost Offshore Renewables