Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)

This briefing from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) presents a comparative analysis of different scales for calculating member country contributions to its basic budget. The Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC) evaluated the current Organization of American States (OAS) scale against the United Nations (UN) and International Council for Science (ICSU) scales, suggesting that the UN scale better reflects payment capacity.

• The IAI has historically used the Organization of American States (OAS) scale as a reference for member contributions, but this scale is considered distorted because it has been frozen for most of the period since 1981 and no longer reflects the payment capacity of member states.
• The Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC) recommends discarding the International Council for Science (ICSU) scale because it is not directly related to a country's ability to pay and several IAI member countries do not contribute to the ICSU.
• A comparison between the OAS and UN scales indicates that shifting toward the UN scale would result in lower contributions for Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, and Venezuela, while the United States would be the only country seeing an increase in its contribution.
• The document notes a disparity in payment behavior between the two organizations: many OAS member countries are behind on their payments, whereas few American countries owe contributions to the UN.
• The FAC presented several hybrid alternatives for the 2004/2005 Fiscal Year budget, including weighted combinations of the OAS and UN scales (such as 2 OAS - 1 UN, a simple average, and 1 OAS - 2 UN), but the committee stated it does not recommend any specific scale, leaving the final decision to the Executive Council.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/13_FAC_addendum_1_SP.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). n.d. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/13_FAC_addendum_1_SP.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndinteramerican, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/13_FAC_addendum_1_SP.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }