IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Third Conference of the Parties

The IAI Directorate Report details the organization's efforts to bridge science and policy in the Americas, focusing on biodiversity, water security, and climate adaptation. It highlights the establishment of the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), the progress of the Third Collaborative Research Network (CRN3), and the results of a MacArthur Foundation project on Andean biodiversity hotspots. The report also outlines capacity-building seminars in Panama and Uruguay, and the IAI's engagement with global entities like Future Earth and IPBES.

• The IAI is working to integrate social sciences into global change research, with a significant increase in social science integration during project conceptualization from 33% under CRN1 to 87% under CRN3.
• A MacArthur Foundation project concluded in February 2015 identified high-risk ecosystems in the Andes, noting that while most species were not vulnerable, those that were were concentrated at low (foothills) and high (treeline, paramo, puna) elevations.
• The IAI established the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) to move scientific results toward decision-making and act as a think tank for regional responses to Global Change.
• The Small Grants for Collaborative Research in the Americas (2011-2015) leveraged US$ 24.5 million in additional funding from an original investment of US$ 2.6 million, involving 76 researchers across 14 member countries.
• The IAI is negotiating its role within the Future Earth (FE) governance structure, seeking a more equitable association between regional and global entities to avoid 'command and control' provisions that would hinder sovereign member country integration.
• The IAI and Peru's Ministry of Environment co-organized the 'Lima 2014 Declaration on Biodiversity and Climate Change', which advocates for integrated research and increased recognition of biodiversity in the context of climate change.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Third Conference of the Parties. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-23-directorate-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. IAI Directorate Report to the Twenty Third Conference of the Parties. n.d. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-23-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 Third Conference of the Parties}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-23-directorate-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }