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
- World Food Forum: Inclusive innovation takes centre stage at SIF 2024
- World Food Forum 2024 closes after a week of collaboration and commitment to "Good Food for All –Today and Tomorrow
- Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches
- FAO launches new Four Betters Courses initiative
- FAO welcomes the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
- Inspiring the future: Junior World Food Day and World Food Forum celebrate young changemakers
- World Food Day 2024: Global ceremony highlights the right to nutritious safe and affordable foods
- World Food Forum: FAO Director-General opens Science and Innovation Forum 2024
- FAO’s Investment Centre celebrates 60 years of effective development partnerships
- World Food Forum: More countries are participating in the FAO Hand-in-Hand Initiative’s innovative investment approach
Climate
- The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake
- A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia
- Waiting for the ‘big one’ – natural hazards in the Philippines: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Twenty years on: Indonesia ‘better prepared’ following tsunami
- ‘Minutes from midnight’: Mohammed calls for urgent climate action
- Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO
- WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports
- From vulnerability to action: Asia-Pacific leaders urge global responsibility
- Stop global warming to turn the tide on sea-level rise: UN Assembly President
- UN chief to G20 ministers: Collaboration key to a sustainable future
Atmosphere
- Synchronous decadal climate variability in the tropical Central Pacific and tropical South Atlantic
- The impact of North American winter weather regimes on electricity load in the central United States
- Revisiting the reanalysis-model discrepancy in Southern Hemisphere winter storm track trends
- Western North Pacific tropical cyclones suppress Maritime Continent rainfall
- Lake Superior evaporation: A long-term eddy covariance dataset at Stannard Rock Lighthouse (2008–2022)
- Data-driven investigation on the boreal summer MJO predictability
- Spectral location for the universal scaling regime in Martian atmospheric turbulence
- The characterization, mechanism, predictability, and impacts of the unprecedented 2023 Southeast Asia heatwave
- Evening humid-heat maxima near the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf
- The meteorological drivers of mass coral bleaching on the central Great Barrier Reef during the 2022 La Niña
Renewable sources
- Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa Kicks off Investment Forum in Nairobi
- Global Goal of Tripling Renewables Needs USD 1.5 Trillion Investment Per Year
- An African-Led Renewable Energy Partnership That Benefits Everyone
- G20: Key Role of Energy Planning to Drive Just Transition Investment in Global South
- Highest Annual Growth of Renewables Jobs in 2023, Reaching 16.2 Million
- Innovation and Sustainable Mining are Key to Meeting EV Demand for Critical Materials
- Global Renewables Summit Advances Collective Efforts on Tripling Renewables by 2030
- Record Growth Drives Cost Advantage of Renewable Power
- Infographic: Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023
- Utilities Announce Joint Intent to Invest more than US$116bn Annually in Grids and Renewables