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
- FAO and OIE kickstart global initiative to stop spread of deadly pig disease
- Canada and the U.S. join FAO in commemorating the UN agency’s 75th anniversary at the opening of the informal North America regional conference
- Strong support for innovation and digital technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Director-General engages with Italian parliamentarians on partnership potential
- FAO’s Statistical Yearbook offers largest trove of data on food and agriculture
- FAO calls for collaboration and innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean
- ZEF’s Joachim von Braun gives special lecture for 2020 World Food Day
- FAO honored by minting of special coin in India
- As FAO turns 75, its mission to end hunger and nourish the world is as relevant today as ever
- Rome’s Colosseum illuminated to mark FAO’s 75th anniversary and World Food Day
Climate
- Exported used cars ‘dumped’ on developing nations, driving up pollution, UN warns
- Africa climate change report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter
- Climate action: UN chief encouraged by Japan’s 2050 net zero pledge
- FROM THE FIELD: Women guardians of the environment
- FROM THE FIELD: Cultivating a response to disasters in Malawi
- Shift needed from ‘what the weather will be’ to ‘what the weather will do’
- UN chief urges ministers to provide ‘decisive leadership’ on climate action
- ‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, new disaster research shows
- Greening of India's railway network on track
- Sudan alert: Flooding and surging inflation threaten humanitarian assistance
Atmosphere
- Quantifying monsoon uncertainty
- Small lightning flashes from shallow electrical storms on Jupiter
- Author Correction: Increased impacts on US West Coast
- Diurnal self-aggregation
- Inter- and intra-annual wind speed variabilities in wide valley regions of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, China
- Importance of a vertically tilting structure for energizing the North Atlantic Oscillation
- Night-time measurements of astronomical seeing at Dome A in Antarctica
- Aerosol-driven seasonality
- North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply
- Transport pathways across the West African Monsoon as revealed by Lagrangian Coherent Structures
Renewable sources
- Energy Transition Policies to Maximise Socio-economic Benefits
- Climate Investment Platform: Plugging the Energy Investment Gap in Developing Countries
- Members Reinforce IRENA’s Position at the Heart of Geopolitics of Energy Transformation
- Countries Raise the Sails on Offshore Renewables Sector
- Islands Aim to Phase out Fossil Fuels and Build Climate Resilience
- Innovation Week 2020 Kicks Off with Focus on Renewable Solutions in Transport and Industry
- Renewables Could Cover More Than One-Third of Energy Demand in CESEC
- CDF and IRENA Collaborate to Boost Low-Carbon Investments in the Caribbean
- Countries Look to Advance Green Hydrogen Production for a Deep Energy Transformation
- IRENA’s Collaborative Framework to Prepare Countries for High-Shares of Renewables