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 welcomes Canada’s pledge of nearly $10 million to Global Fire Management Hub
- QU Dongyu closes 44th FAO Conference urging ingenuity, solidarity and collective will
- FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices
- The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: New FAO report shines light on pitfalls and prospects for 1.3 billion young people
- FAO launches groundbreaking financing facility to help prevent food crises before they escalate
- Green Climate Fund approves a record $300 million for FAO-designed projects in Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and the Sahel
- FAO Director-General urges hope, collective action and genuine multilateralism
- 2025 FAO Awards honour organizations from Colombia, Egypt, and the Philippines for their contributions to agrifood systems transformation
- Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
- Most vulnerable nations call on FAO to develop strategy and action plan to transform agrifood systems
Climate
- Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region
- Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts
- 50 years of CITES: Shielding wildlife from trade-driven extinction
- Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN rights chief
- Tide of change in Philippines as women revive watersheds and livelihoods
- Asia is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world
- Power of football industry inspires team effort towards development goals
- From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight
- UN ocean summit closes in Nice with wave of commitments
- Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice
Atmosphere
- Accelerating increase in the duration of heatwaves under global warming
- Monitoring water vapor transport in near real-time with low-cost GNSS receiver network
- Semi-empirical estimates of stratospheric circulation and the lifetimes of chlorofluorocarbons and carbon tetrachloride
- Winter stratospheric extreme events impact European storm damage
- Emergence of anthropogenic precipitation changes in a future warmer climate
- 3D reconstruction of typhoon Trami 2018 eye and eyewall clouds from airborne imaging
- Observation of a slanted moisture structure with weak updraft leading to localized heavy rainfalls
- A causal intercomparison framework unravels precipitation drivers in Global Storm-Resolving Models
- Direct observations of airflow separation over ocean surface waves
- Extreme event attribution using km-scale simulations reveals the pronounced role of climate change in the Durban floods
Renewable sources
- How Decentralised Renewables Transform Healthcare Services in Rural Zimbabwe
- IRENA Launches Call for Projects Ahead of the Second APRA Investment Forum in Sierra Leone
- Energy Access Has Improved, Yet International Financial Support Still Needed to Boost Progress and Address Disparities
- L’accès à l’énergie s’est amélioré, mais un soutien financier international reste nécessaire pour stimuler les progrès et réduire les disparités
- Strategic Investment Critical for Energy Transition Success in EU
- Five Key Takeaways from the IRENA Innovation Week 2025
- Innovation Week 2025 As It Happens - Day 3
- Innovation Week 2025 As It Happens - Day 2
- Innovation Week 2025 As It Happens - Day 1
- IRENA and Brazil to Host First Global Energy Planning Summit