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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News
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
- UN chief welcomes China-US pledge to cooperate on climate action
- Climate change increasing threats in southwest Pacific: WMO report
- Era free of fossil-fuel powered vehicles comes into focus at COP26; draft outcome is met with calls for more ambition
- Landmine casualties ‘exceptionally high’, Syria and Afghanistan worst-hit
- Women bear the brunt of the climate crisis, COP26 highlights
- A matter of life or death: At COP26, vulnerable countries tell developed nations it’s time to keep their promise on climate finance
- UN system generates 25% fewer greenhouse emissions in 2020
- New FAO analysis reveals carbon footprint of agri-food supply chain
- Many countries ‘unsupported and unprepared’ to address climate health risks: WHO
- Haiti’s race against the clock: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
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
- Building Enhanced Climate Ambitions with Renewable Energy
- IRENA Partners with Alliance of Small Island States to Accelerate Energy Transition in SIDS
- Disrupting the Status Quo: Accelerating the Global Energy Transition for a 1.5°C Future
- Indonesia and IRENA Agree Partnership to Decarbonise Southeast Asia’s Largest Economy
- IRENA and World Economic Forum Launch Green Hydrogen Toolbox at COP26
- Materials Shortage Will Not Stop The Energy Transition, If We Plan Ahead
- Joint FAO-IRENA Report on Renewable Energy for Agri-food Systems Launched at COP26
- UAE and IRENA Launch USD 1 billion Global Finance Platform to Accelerate Renewable Energy
- A Steep Path to 1.5°C Needs Leadership
- Leading Players Call for Immediate Actions at COP26 to Accelerate Renewable Energy Jobs