Decisiones de la 26a Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global

The document records the decisions made during the 26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), held in Antigua, Guatemala, from June 20-21, 2018. The decisions cover operational budgets, financial contributions, the establishment of new strategic plans, institutional partnerships, and scientific initiatives focused on global change in the Americas.

• The Conference of the Parties approved the Operating Budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year and the preliminary request for the 2019-2021 fiscal years.
• The IAI Executive Directorate is tasked with monitoring parties that owe contributions, sending reminders twice a year to permanent missions in Montevideo, Uruguay, and initiating talks with missions that are in arrears for three years or more.
• The Conference of the Parties requested the creation of a new IAI Strategic Plan, to be drafted by the Executive Directorate in collaboration with the Scientific Advisory Committee, the Science and Policy Advisory Committee, and interested Parties, for presentation at the 27th meeting.
• The IAI is encouraged to establish partnerships with Rede Clima, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Tierra Futura, with the Executive Directorate tasked with drafting invitations and partnership agreements for these entities.
• The Conference of the Parties proposed merging the IAI's Directorate of Integrated Operations and Finance with the Directorate of Scientific Development and the Science-Policy Liaison Directorate in Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Scientific priorities include developing synthesis products for the final stage of the CRN3 program, continuing research with Argentina's CONICET, and preparing for the fourth round of Cooperative Research Networks (CRN4).
• The IAI aims to strengthen regional cooperation by initiating a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Organization of American States (OAS) to develop joint research on global change in the Americas.
• The Executive Directorate is directed to adopt a long-term financing strategy to seek alternative funding sources, specifically to create a capital reserve fund to support the Institute's scientific agenda and capacity building.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2018). Decisiones de la 26a Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global. http://iai.int/pdf/es/cop-26-dec-s.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Decisiones de la 26a Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global. 2018. http://iai.int/pdf/es/cop-26-dec-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2018decisiones, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Decisiones de la 26a Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2018}, month = jun, url = {http://iai.int/pdf/es/cop-26-dec-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }