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
- New report highlights critical food system trends and challenges in countdown to 2030
- FAO calls for urgent action to address widening famine in Sudan
- FAO Food Price Index dips during the month of December
- Reviving Gaza’s fishing sector hinges on restoring peace and safe access to the sea
- Food and nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan as famine identified in additional areas
- Global Environment Facility approves $68 million for agrifood systems solutions
- FAO publishes new guidelines for surveillance of influenza in cattle
- UN report: Hunger in the Arab region reaches a new height as challenges intensify
- UN Desertification COP16 in Riyadh: FAO urges global action to restore agricultural land
- FAO marks International Mountain Day 2024 with a focus on climate adaptation solutions
Climate
- Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency
- UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California
- In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges world to slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’
- 2024 to become the hottest year on record
- The climate crisis: 5 things to watch out for in 2025
- Spirit of resilience braces desertification winds in Saudi Arabia
- UN World Court concludes landmark hearings on States’ responsibility for climate change
- Around 90,000 children impacted by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique
- World News in Brief: Death toll rises in Darfur, Cyclone Chido latest, São Tomé and Príncipe takes development step
- Lime-flavoured memories drive innovation on Saudi farm
Atmosphere
- Skillful subseasonal ensemble predictions of heat wave onsets through better representation of land surface uncertainties
- Recent changes in ENSO’s impacts on the summertime circumglobal teleconnection and mid-latitude extremes
- Multi-wavelength global maps of Jupiter and Saturn using Cassini imaging system data
- Classifying synoptic patterns driving tornadic storms and associated spatial trends in the United States
- Synergistic effects of high atmospheric and soil dryness on record-breaking decreases in vegetation productivity over Southwest China in 2023
- A modified transformer model for the extended-range forecast of intraseasonal oscillation
- Vertical wind profile distribution within canopy layer based on representative geometry model using wind tunnel experiment
- Multi-objective observational constraint of tropical Atlantic and Pacific low-cloud variability narrows uncertainty in cloud feedback
- Projected changes in African easterly wave activity due to climate change
- To solve climate change, we need to restore our Sponge Planet
Renewable sources
- Energy Leaders Convene at IRENA Assembly to Turbo-Charge Energy Transition in 2025
- Driving Innovative Financial Support for Emerging Economies
- 15th IRENA Assembly to Set Energy Transition Narrative for 2025
- IRENA 15A: Assembly Live Coverage
- IRENA 15A: Pre-Assembly Live Coverage
- The Success of Energy Transition Starts With Strong National Energy Planning
- IRENA to Host Secretariat for Global Coalition on Energy Planning
- Clean Cooking in NDCs Offer Opportunities to Reach SDG7 and Climate Goals
- Collaborative Actions to Pave the Road for SDG7 Achievement
- IRENA Opens Registration for Winter Youth Programme