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
- New UN report offers insights into how geospatial technology can advance the global food security agenda
- Benchmark for world food commodity prices down in January
- FAO ensures transparency and quality in measuring SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) Indicators
- Gaza: Immediate action must combine emergency relief with the restoration of local food production
- New UN Report: 74 percent of Latin American and Caribbean countries are highly exposed to extreme weather events, affecting food security
- Food insecurity deepens in Lebanon following conflict, new report shows
- Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin marks milestone for advancing the sustainable bioeconomy, recognizing FAO’s leadership
- Nitrogen use efficiency must be improved to reduce harm to human and environmental health
- New report highlights critical food system trends and challenges in countdown to 2030
- FAO calls for urgent action to address widening famine in Sudan
Climate
- Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns
- It’s official: January was the warmest on record
- Reusable rockets, air taxis and ‘autonomous autos’ are the future: WIPO
- World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases
- At Davos, Guterres slams backsliding on climate commitments
- Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
- Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency
- UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California
- In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges world to slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’
- 2024 to become the hottest year on record
Atmosphere
- Volcanically forced Madden–Julian oscillation triggers the immediate onset of El Niño
- Drivers and mechanisms contributing to excess warming in Europe during recent decades
- Exploring the typhoon intensity forecasting through integrating AI weather forecasting with regional numerical weather model
- Ocean submesoscale fronts induce diabatic heating and convective precipitation within storms
- Identifying mechanisms of tropical cyclone generated orographic precipitation with Doppler radar and rain gauge observations
- Impact of land prices on corporate carbon emission intensity
- Unusual and persistent easterlies restrained the 2023/24 El Niño development after a triple-dip La Niña
- Crucial role of subsurface ocean variability in tropical cyclone genesis
- High prediction skill of decadal tropical cyclone variability in the North Atlantic and East Pacific in the met office decadal prediction system DePreSys4
- Modeling of historical and future changes in temperature and precipitation in the Panj River Basin in Central Asia under the CMIP5 RCP and CMIP6 SSP scenarios
Renewable sources
- 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
- Digital Solutions and AI for Advancing Renewables and Community Resilience
- Energy Leaders Convene at IRENA Assembly to Turbo-Charge Energy Transition in 2025
- Driving Innovative Financial Support for Emerging Economies
- IRENA 15A: Assembly Live Coverage
- 15th IRENA Assembly to Set Energy Transition Narrative for 2025
- IRENA to Host Secretariat for Global Coalition on Energy Planning
- IRENA 15A: Pre-Assembly Live Coverage
- The Success of Energy Transition Starts With Strong National Energy Planning