IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Fifth Conference of the Parties

The IAI Directorate Report for July 2016 - May 2017 details the institute's efforts to bridge the gap between global change science and policy in the Americas. Key activities include the implementation of the Third Collaborative Research Network (CRN3), the development of transdisciplinary capacity-building programs, and strategic engagement with UN conventions such as the UNFCCC and CBD. The report emphasizes the success of seed grants and professional development seminars in creating multinational research networks and the role of the Science-Policy Liaison Directorate in measuring the impact of scientific production on regional decision-making.

• The IAI Training Institute Seed Grant (TISG) program, running from November 2011 to March 2016, fostered 11 interdisciplinary networks involving 68 professionals from 53 institutions across 15 countries. The program spent $687,000 of an $820,000 grant and leveraged $178,995 in additional financial and in-kind resources, with seed grant teams leveraging another $124,043.
• The Third Collaborative Research Network (CRN3), initiated in November 2012 and scheduled to run through 2019, consists of 17 international research networks involving 17 PIs, 95 co-investigators, and 90 institutions from 15 member countries. The program includes ten major networks funded between US$ 700,000 and US$ 1,000,000 and seven smaller "Science Integration" projects funded between US$ 98,000 and US$ 180,000.
• The IAI launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the Impacts of Climate Change in Latin America at COP-22 in November 2016. Taught in Spanish by 21 scientists, the course had 6,524 registered participants as of May 24th.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Fifth Conference of the Parties. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/cop-25-directorate-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Fifth Conference of the Parties. n.d. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/cop-25-directorate-report-e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndiai, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Fifth Conference of the Parties}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/cop-25-directorate-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }