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 Food Price Index rises sharply
- New United Nations report reveals the inequality in the geographical distribution of malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean
- FAO and partners advocate for inclusive food systems to combat rural poverty
- In Papua New Guinea, partnerships with local private sector promote more inclusive and sustainable cocoa production
- Director-General updates Council on FAO's work and engagement in the past 16 months
- FAO appoints Monty Don and Diarmuid Gavin as International Year of Plant Health advocates
- How to overcome water challenges in agriculture
- Fresh kick-off for agri-food systems transformation
- FAO urges G20 to support farmers, protect the vulnerable and invest in innovation
- World leaders join forces to fight the accelerating crisis of antimicrobial resistance
Climate
- The Handmaid’s Tale: making a drama out of a crisis
- 2020 may be third hottest year on record, world could hit climate change milestone by 2024
- Climate Action: It’s time to make peace with nature, UN chief urges
- Cut fossil fuels production to ward off ‘catastrophic’ warming: UN-backed report
- The race to zero emissions, and why the world depends on it
- The race to zero emissions, and why the world depends on it
- Carbon dioxide levels hit new record; COVID impact ‘a tiny blip’, WMO says
- Climate crisis: ‘Nowhere near the finish line’ – UN chief
- UN warns of catastrophe as second hurricane in two weeks hits Central America
- Climate change: UN chief calls for ‘great leap’ towards carbon neutrality
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
- IRENA and Ocean Energy Europe Partner to Drive Ocean Energy Industry
- Urgent Action Needed for the Energy Transition in Heating and Cooling
- IRENA and Pacific Community Announce Joint Efforts to Boost Recovery
- Sustainable Healthcare and Energy Ecosystems for the ‘Last Mile’
- IRENA and GWEC Enhance Cooperation to Scale Up Renewables Globally
- The East African Rift: Realising the Region’s Geothermal Potential
- "Race to Zero" Energy Day Concludes with Call to Act on Energy Transition
- Tripling Renewables Investment to Reach Climate Goal
- Institutional Capital: Closing the Energy Transformation Investment Gap
- IRENA and SIDS DOCK Sign Agreement to Reinforce Small Island Climate Resilience