Decisions of the 31st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

The document records the decisions made during the 31st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), held in Panama City from June 21-22, 2023. The decisions cover budgetary approvals, the establishment of new research programs, the creation of a Science Diplomacy Center, and the formation of advisory committees focused on gender, equity, and indigenous peoples.

• The Conference of the Parties approved the Core Budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and the preliminary budget request for the 2024-2026 period.
• The IAI Directorate was instructed to create two new research and training programs: one focusing on the nexus of climate, environment, and health in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and another focusing on the nexus of oceans, islands, and coastal systems aligned with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science.
• The IAI Directorate is tasked with participating in the HydroClimate Research Program of the Andes (ANDEX), which operates under the Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research Programme.
• The Conference of the Parties approved the creation of the IAI Science Diplomacy Center, including its initial three-year work plan, to foster science policy dialogue and collaboration regarding global environmental change in the Americas.
• New governance and inclusivity measures were established, including the instruction for the IAI Directorate to create an Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Advisory Committee (IP&LC-AC) and the mandate for the Gender, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee to update and monitor the implementation of the Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2023). Decisions of the 31st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-31-decisions-en.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Decisions of the 31st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2023. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-31-decisions-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |title=Decisions of the 31st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |date=22 June 2023 |url=https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-31-decisions-en.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2023decisions, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Decisions of the 31st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-31-decisions-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }