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
- COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
- Indigenous protesters block COP30 entrance, demand action from Brazilian Government
- Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
- World News in Brief: Typhoon generation, disability rights in Myanmar, new refugee-led climate fund
- From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30
- Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides
- At-risk mountain vipers and iguanas, in rare company at key wildlife talks
- ‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action
- Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation
- Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens
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
- Feature selection for data-driven seasonal forecasts of European heatwaves
- Pathways to a safer planet
- 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
- Global utilities set out USD 1 trillion investment plans at COP30 as grid spend grows
- Why Investing in People is Vital for the Energy Transition
- Powering COP30: NDC 3.0 and the Race to Meet the Goal of Tripling Renewables by 2030
- 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
- 30th IRENA Council to Review Energy Transition Priorities Ahead of COP30
- Interconnection, not isolation, is Asean’s US$4.8 trillion lever
- Interconnection, Not Isolation, is ASEAN’s USD4.8 Trillion Lever
- Southeast Asia Rallies to Advance Renewables in the Region