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
- WFF 2025: Green Cities Conference adopts Communiqué, principles and criteria for greener future cities
- New FAO-EU initiative will boost vulnerable populations’ access to aquatic foods
- Global deforestation slows, but forests remain under pressure, FAO report shows
- Junior World Food Day: FAO inspires young people with celebrity cooking show
- World Food Forum 2025 concludes with renewed global commitment to transform agrifood systems through solidarity, science, and investment
- Pope Leo XIV and world leaders mark World Food Day and FAO at 80 in Rome
- FAO and Italy unveil commemorative postal stamp marking the Organization’s 80th anniversary
- Chef Fatmata Binta designated FAO Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa
- FAO inaugurates new Food and Agriculture Museum & Network in Rome
- WFF 2025: Special event boosts momentum for the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative
Climate
- Flood-ravaged Nepal calls for climate justice
- ‘The water comes up to our knees’: Climate hazards shut millions of children out of school in 2025
- AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide
- Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent
- Central Park adapts to climate change while helping New York stay cool
- As wildfires spread north, UN agencies race to help Europe adapt
- El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow
- ‘Fight for humanity’: Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now
- ‘The lake is our life’: Protecting a shared lifeline in Uganda
- Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea-levels mean to humanity
Atmosphere
- A strengthening yet less extreme Atlantic–European jet during winter
- Martian Hadley circulation divides the atmosphere and connects the poles
- Publisher Correction: Hadley circulation drives material isolation and pole-to-pole teleconnection on Mars
- Author Correction: Time irreversibility as an indicator of approaching tipping points in Earth subsystems
- The significance of water vapor isotopes in improving weather prediction
- Dual physical pathways shape subseasonal-to-seasonal predictability of North American summer heat extremes
- Hadley circulation drives material isolation and pole-to-pole teleconnection on Mars
- Weak, shallow, dry convection over Angola increases offshore stratocumulus cloud droplet number concentrations
- Coupling of Pacific and Indian Ocean variability disrupted by 19th century volcanism
- Reply to: Uncertain internal variability in Arctic warming
Renewable sources
- How EV Batteries Create Women Energy Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
- Data-Driven Energy Planning for Universal Access: The Senegal Experience
- Three Ways Renewable Energy is Critical for the Industries of Tomorrow
- Powering Sustainable Economies in Latin America’s Remote Communities
- The Sustainable Economic Opportunity Behind End-of-Life Solar Panels
- Geothermal Energy in Latin America: Turning Potential into Energy Security
- IRENA Issues Call for Renewable Energy Projects in Central America and the Caribbean
- Local Pathways, Global Energy Transition
- Renewable Power Generation Records Its Fastest Growth Ever
- Infographic: Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2025