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 launches a $150 million Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for Ukraine to support war-affected rural communities
- Boost for the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Two years since the start of the conflict, Sudan is facing a severe food security catastrophe
- Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
- At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizes world’s growing need for the urgent and accelerated transformation of global agrifood systems
- 30 years of AQUASTAT: FAO celebrates global water data milestone
- FAO Food Price Index remains stable in March
- Transforming our agrifood systems holds the key to helping the world’s poorest
- Europe and Central Asia: To feed the population, sustainable water management is essential, UN report says
- AI can be a game-changing solution for farmers: FAO Innovation Chief
Climate
- Partnerships, increased climate investment crucial for sustainable transition, says UN deputy chief
- Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions
- Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say
- Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’
- Myanmar earthquake: Search and rescue efforts continue in race against time
- Myanmar quake: More than 1,600 reported killed, as UN aid operation supports rescue efforts
- Extreme weather impacts cascading ‘from the Andes to the Amazon’
- UN teams ramp up response to deadly quake in Myanmar and Thailand
- 47 million health workers and advocates call for cleaner air to curb pollution deaths
- Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns
Atmosphere
- Sustained freshening of Arabian Sea High Salinity Water induced by extreme precipitation events
- Maintenance of the great late Ediacaran ice age
- Understanding the driving mechanisms behind triple-dip La Niñas: insights from the prediction perspective
- Distinct Impacts of the Central and Eastern Atlantic Niño on West Antarctic Sea Ice
- Unique roll clouds along the flow path of the Indian summer monsoon low-level jet over the Arabian sea
- Contemporaneous formation of self-secondaries and layered ejecta deposits on Mars
- Publisher Correction: An interpretable machine learning model for seasonal precipitation forecasting
- Weakened Asian summer monsoon anticyclone related to increased anthropogenic aerosol emissions in recent decades
- Pacific sub-decadal sea surface temperature variations contributed to recent Aantarctic Sea ice decline trend
- Daily Max Simplified Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and its Climate Networks for Teleconnection Study, 1940–2022
Renewable sources
- 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
- Tripling off-grid renewables is a catalyst for sustainable development in rural communities
- Why Community-Centred Approach is Key to Scale up Renewables-Based Adaptation Efforts in Agriculture
- The 2025 IRENA Youth Forum Empowers Youth to Shape Global Energy Future
- Bridging the Energy Gap Takes Center Stage at UN’s International Clean Energy Day Celebrations