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It has mobilized US$ 23.5 million in complementary funds since Year 1.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000848#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"CRN3 has advanced interdisciplinary research by integrating social science tools to analyze actor relationships with ecosystem services and using agent-based modeling to simulate the spread of diseases like malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000848#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI established a partnership with Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), which created a US$ 200,000 fund to supplement research for Argentine groups in CRN3 networks, resulting in 7 selected projects active in 2015.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000848#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI is promoting the Inter-American Forum for Global Change Research Cooperation to create a multilateral funding mechanism based on the Belmont Forum model, aiming to expand current subsidies primarily funded by the NSF.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000848#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","water security","tropical cyclone","ecosystem service","climate change adaptation","hydrology","land use","bioenergy","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["Argentina","Baja California","Caribbean","Uruguay","Chile","Brazil","Mexico","United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["program evaluation","funding report"]},{"id":"iai-000822","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000822","title":"IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Report to the Conference of the Parties","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2015-06","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-23-sac-report-e.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) evaluates the implementation of an interdisciplinary research model combining natural and social sciences to create policy-relevant solutions in the Americas. The report highlights the success of specific projects, such as meteorological data compilation for crop yield modelling and ecosystem service vulnerability assessments. However, the SAC identifies a critical lack of regional data infrastructure to serve decision-makers and the public. Key recommendations include integrating social scientists from the start of projects, establishing a regional data services framework, and improving capacity building through interdisciplinary workshops.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000822#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The IAI employs a unique interdisciplinary model that integrates social and natural sciences to produce policy-relevant solutions, a method currently being studied by other global regions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000822#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Specific IAI-managed projects demonstrate the application of this model: project CRN 3035 has compiled South American meteorological data since 1961 for crop yield modelling, and project CRN 3095 models population vulnerability to the loss of ecosystem services, such as soil salinity and hydrology changes caused by deforestation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000822#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant regional deficiency in infrastructure for hosting and distributing data and products to the public and decision-makers in the Americas, leaving the region dependent on US-based products from NASA and NOAA.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000822#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The SAC recommends three primary improvements for future research calls: involving social scientists from the project's inception rather than as an 'add-on', providing a priori training for interdisciplinary teams to design solutions with policy makers, and fully integrating capacity-building efforts into science programs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000822#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["ecosystem service","deforestation","hydrology","capacity building"],"geography_discussed":["Latin America","South America","Quito","Ecuador","United States","Caribbean"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["programmatic review","strategic assessment"]},{"id":"iai-000801","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000801","title":"EC progress report","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2014-08-05","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-22-ec-report-e.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The IAI Executive Committee has established an ad hoc committee to draft terms of reference for a new Advisory Committee on Science-Policy Liaison, aimed at integrating global change science into decision-making. 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