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
- Fifty days on, Jamaica struggles to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa’s unprecedented destruction
- UN environment assembly wraps up in Nairobi
- Five climate trailblazers: UNEP’S 2025 Champions of the Earth
- A sustainable future requires new thinking: UN environment report
- From ruins to rebuilding: Three Jamaican mothers face the future after hurricane
- Communities struggle to rebuild following Pakistan’s worst floods
- Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records
- Deadly storms sweep South and Southeast Asia, leaving over 1,600 dead
- Asia: Lives upended by cyclones, ‘extreme’ rainfall on the rise, warn UN agencies
- Cyclone Ditwah brings worst flooding in decades to Sri Lanka, killing hundreds
Atmosphere
- Atypical warming pattern of strong 2023-24 El Niño boosts global temperatures to new 1.5 °C record
- Moisture from US Corn Belt fuels more intense convective storms
- Poleward migration of tropical cyclones over 1980–2024 is dominated by Pacific variability
- Noise-induced tipping of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation under climate mitigation scenarios
- The emerging contribution of Tigris Euphrates basin dust emissions to extreme dust activity over the Arabian Peninsula
- Structured dataset of reported cloud seeding activities in the United States (2000–2025) using an LLM
- Enduring local impact of springtime snow cover over the Third Pole
- Terrestrial atmospheric ion implantation occurred in the nearside lunar regolith during the history of Earth’s dynamo
- Enhanced weather persistence due to amplified Arctic warming
- Causes and consequences of Arctic amplification elucidated by coordinated multimodel experiments
Renewable sources
- Empowering Women to be Energy Entrepreneurs Improves Not Only Their Lives but Also Their Communities
- IRENA Appoints Dr Mike Enskat to Lead Its Innovation and Technology Centre in Bonn
- Kenya: #3xRenewables for Energy Independence and Food Security
- Progress, Shortfalls and Emerging Opportunities in Energy Transition Investment
- Five Takeaways from COP30 in Belém
- Global Renewable Energy Investment Hit USD 807 Billion in 2024
- 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