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The report also outlines capacity-building seminars in Panama and Uruguay, and the IAI's engagement with global entities like Future Earth and IPBES.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The IAI is working to integrate social sciences into global change research, with a significant increase in social science integration during project conceptualization from 33% under CRN1 to 87% under CRN3.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A MacArthur Foundation project concluded in February 2015 identified high-risk ecosystems in the Andes, noting that while most species were not vulnerable, those that were were concentrated at low (foothills) and high (treeline, paramo, puna) elevations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI established the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) to move scientific results toward decision-making and act as a think tank for regional responses to Global Change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Small Grants for Collaborative Research in the Americas (2011-2015) leveraged US$ 24.5 million in additional funding from an original investment of US$ 2.6 million, involving 76 researchers across 14 member countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI is negotiating its role within the Future Earth (FE) governance structure, seeking a more equitable association between regional and global entities to avoid 'command and control' provisions that would hinder sovereign member country integration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IAI and Peru's Ministry of Environment co-organized the 'Lima 2014 Declaration on Biodiversity and Climate Change', which advocates for integrated research and increased recognition of biodiversity in the context of climate change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-000816#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change adaptation","biodiversity","carbon sequestration","water security","ecosystem service","land-use change","Climate risk assessment"],"geography_discussed":["Peru","Uruguay","Argentina","Brazil","Canada","United States","Bolivia","Ecuador","Colombia","Panama","Guatemala","Dominican Republic","Germany"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["institutional report","program evaluation","policy review"]},{"id":"iai-000817","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000817","title":"Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI a la Vigésima Tercera Conferencia de las Partes","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"report","language":"es","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-23-directorate-report-s.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The IAI Executive Directorate report for the period July 2014 to May 2015 details the institute's efforts to bridge the gap between global change science and policy in the Americas. 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