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
- Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
- Gaza: With famine looming, FAO urges immediate access to save livelihoods and food production
- Cooperation at all levels and funding “critical” for plant health and food security, FAO says
- FAO wins prize for geospatial project in Zimbabwe
- FAO participates in ADB annual meeting, strengthens cooperation in key agricultural areas
- FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
- FAO Food Price Index increases in April
- Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season
- Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
- FAO Director-General: Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity and land degradation threats
Climate
- ‘On thin ice’: UN chief sounds alarm over rapid Himalayan glacier melt
- A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero
- Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
- ‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide
- Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear
- Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights
- Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns
- World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
- Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change
- Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
Atmosphere
- An artificial intelligence-based limited area model for forecasting of surface meteorological variables
- Sub-seasonal impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on development of the Indian Ocean Dipole
- Rising atmospheric moisture escalates the future impact of atmospheric rivers in the Antarctic climate system
- The atmosphere of Titan in late northern summer from JWST and Keck observations
- Declining summer circulation over the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
- Smoke aerosols elevate precipitation top and latent heat to the upper atmosphere globally
- Air–sea interactions amplified by tropical cyclones break the South China Sea summer monsoon
- Attributing climate and weather extremes to Northern Hemisphere sea ice and terrestrial snow: progress, challenges and ways forward
- Exploring the differences in atmospheric mesoscale kinetic energy spectra between AI based and physics based models
- Compound marine heatwaves and tropical cyclones delay the onset of the Bay of Bengal summer monsoon
Renewable sources
- How to Decarbonise Global Transport and Industry?
- AFID Enterprise Twinning Platform: Connecting Businesses for Industrial Decarbonization
- Closing the Financing Gap in the Global South Requires a Multi-Pronged Approach
- The Powerful Role in Geopolitics is to Manage the Energy Transition
- Renewables in 2024: 5 Key Facts Behind a Record-Breaking Year
- Georgia to Harness Renewables to Enhance Energy Security
- The Success of Global Energy Transitions Starts with Early-Stage Project Financing
- Record-Breaking Annual Growth in Renewable Power Capacity
- G20+ Countries Hold the Key to the Global Renewable Target by 2030
- Impactful Partnerships for Small Islands’ Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development