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This fact sheet describes the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), an intergovernmental organization serving 19 member states in the Americas. It outlines the IAI's mission to support transdisciplinary research and science-policy integration to address global change issues, highlighting specific programs focused on health, tropical forests, and early-career researcher fellowships.

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  • The IAI is an intergovernmental organization serving 19 member states of the Americas, founded 30 years ago. Its mission is to pursue scientific excellence, integrity, international cooperation, science outreach, and capacity building to achieve a "sustainable Americas."
  • The IAI utilizes a transdisciplinary approach, convening biophysical scientists, social scientists, decision-makers, civil society, and the private sector. Its small grants program has funded projects on water crisis anticipatory governance, artisanal fisheries climate adaptation, Amazon wildfire early detection and education, and indigenous knowledge systems in ecosystem services governance.
  • The IAI is implementing a program at the nexus of health, climate, and environment in the Americas, providing seed grant funding for research in Latin America and the Caribbean. Focus areas include a South American data portal for climate, environment, and health; sustainable food production by women; multidimensional vulnerability to dengue under climate change; and energy-efficient building cooling to reduce heat exposure.
  • In partnership with the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the IAI is developing a global funding call via the Belmont Forum titled "The Amazon and tropical forests: its global implications and needed urgent actions." Scoping workshops were planned for 2023, with a presentation at the Belmont Forum Plenary in October 2023 and a call launch in 2024.
  • The Science, Technology, and Policy (STeP) fellowship program, part of the IAI's Science Diplomacy Center, provides capacity-building for early career researchers. Since 2020, the program has included 47 fellows from 11 countries, placing them in government and private sector institutions to support decision-makers in their home countries.

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Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). folleto IAI ingles. https://www.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI%20brochure%202023%20ENG.pdf
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Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. folleto IAI ingles. n.d. https://www.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI%20brochure%202023%20ENG.pdf.
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@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndfolleto, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{folleto IAI ingles}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://www.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI%20brochure%202023%20ENG.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }

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