Report of the 2023 Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties

The report details the proceedings of the 2023 Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), held on 18 April 2023, which resulted in the election of Dr. Anna Stewart Ibarra as the new Executive Director.

• On 18 April 2023, the Conference of the Parties elected Dr. Anna Stewart Ibarra as the Executive Director of the IAI for a three-year term, with the possibility of a single additional term.
• The selection of the Executive Director was conducted by a 10-member search committee comprising representatives from member countries, the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), the Science Advisory Committee (SAC), and IAI Directorate staff.
• The recruitment process involved a vacancy announcement on 13 September 2022, the receipt of 10 nominations by 1 November 2022, and a multi-stage interview process that narrowed the field to four candidates and then two finalists.
• The search committee recommended Dr. Anna Stewart Ibarra based on her 15 years of experience in academia and intergovernmental spaces, including her role as IAI Scientific Director since 2019, and her expertise in bridging the gap between science and policy.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2023). Report of the 2023 Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-2023-EXTRA-COP-FNRPT-en(4).pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the 2023 Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 2023. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-2023-EXTRA-COP-FNRPT-en(4).pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2023report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the 2023 Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2023}, month = apr, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-2023-EXTRA-COP-FNRPT-en(4).pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }