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 marks International Mountain Day 2024 with a focus on climate adaptation solutions
- FAO launches first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years
- Global forest products facts and figures 2023 shows fall in global trade in wood and paper products
- International Soil and Water Forum opens in Bangkok to tackle water scarcity and soil degradation
- Rising vegetable oil quotations push FAO Food Price Index slightly higher in November
- New $282 million program targets climate and environment action through agriculture and food systems
- World Soil Day 2024 underlines vital importance of accurate soil data and information for food security
- For 2025, FAO seeks $1.9 billion to provide life-saving, emergency agriculture assistance to 49 million people
- At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu calls for more visionary guidance for a better future for humanity
- Uganda’s Freza Nanotech wins FAO Innovation Award 2024 for pioneering fruit preservation technology
Climate
- Six bold environmental leaders named 2024 Champions of the Earth
- Holding the front line against desertification
- First Person: Tears of joy as Argentinian city children encounter nature for first time
- ‘No life without land’ says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting
- Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
- Meet the ‘Land Heroes’ who are fighting desertification
- The ‘slow onset, silent killer:’ Droughts explained
- Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation
- Landmark climate change hearings represent largest ever case before world court
- Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land regeneration
Atmosphere
- Thermodynamically inconsistent extreme precipitation sensitivities across continents driven by cloud-radiative effects
- Amplified threat of tropical cyclones to US offshore wind energy in a changing climate
- Land-use induced changes in extreme temperature predominantly influenced by downward longwave radiation
- Bioclimatic indicators dataset for the orographically complex Canary Islands archipelago
- Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning
- Improve the projection of East China summer precipitation with emergent constraints
- Pacific decadal oscillation and ENSO forcings of northerly low-level jets in South America
- A positive atmospheric feedback on the North Atlantic warming hole
- Anthropogenic forcing intensified internally driven concurrent heatwaves in August 2022 across the Northern Hemisphere
- UV-dark polar ovals on Jupiter as tracers of magnetosphere–atmosphere connections
Renewable sources
- Standardisation and Certification to Drive International Markets for Green Hydrogen Derivatives
- Sri Lanka: #3xRenewables for Job Creation and Economic Growth
- IRENA NewGen 2024: Empowering Young Entrepreneurs to Drive Renewable Energy Solutions
- Strengthening Climate Action Through Partnerships and Advocacy at COP29
- Enhancing Commitment to Deep, Rapid and Sustained Emission Reductions – Alliance for Industry Decarbonization CEO High Level Dialog
- IRENA and Azerbaijan Unveil Renewable Energy Partnership for Central Asia at COP29
- Integrating UAE Consensus in National Climate Plans NDCs 3.0
- Global Utilities Back COP29 Pledge to Boost Grids and Storage in Strong Implementation Signal
- World Leaders Voice Support for Renewable Partnership in Africa at COP29
- Investment Takes Centerstage at COP29 Ministerial to Triple Renewables