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 Food Price Index rises in September
- Supporting the camelid sector is crucial for advancing sustainable agriculture and improving livelihoods: FAO livestock expert
- Gaza: Geospatial data shows intensifying damage to cropland
- FAO Committee on Agriculture seeks to turn agricultural challenges into opportunities
- G7: Boosting aquatic foods’ role in ending hunger and poverty
- Tackling food loss and waste from the farm to the table and beyond
- G7: FAO Director-General cites reasons for hope to reduce global hunger
- UNGA79: World leaders commit to decisive action on antimicrobial resistance
- G7: FAO reaffirms support for Africa’s Post-Malabo Agenda
- FAO leads new initiative and reinforces its commitment to accelerate gender equality efforts in agrifood systems
Climate
- 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
- Island nations unite at UN: ‘Empty pledges’ will not save future generations
- World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight, mpox cash boost
- Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency
- Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery
- Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes – WFP
Atmosphere
- CMIP6 models project a shrinking precipitation area
- An intrinsic low-frequency atmospheric mode of the Indonesian-Australian summer monsoon
- The impact of the QBO vertical structure on June extreme high temperatures in South Asia
- Spatially compounding flood-nocturnal heat events over adjacent regions in the Northern Hemisphere
- Faster dieback of rainforests altering tropical carbon sinks under climate change
- A moderator of tropical impacts on climate in Canadian Arctic Archipelago during boreal summer
- Indo-Pacific regional extremes aggravated by changes in tropical weather patterns
- Enhanced Pacific Northwest heat extremes and wildfire risks induced by the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation
- Highly dynamic gamma-ray emissions are common in tropical thunderclouds
- Signature of the western boundary currents in local climate variability
Renewable sources
- 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
- IRENA and Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency to Hold Energy Transition Investment Forum in Baku
- Affordable Biogas System Improves Farmers’ Quality of Life in a Kenyan Village