Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI a la Vigésima cuarta Conferencia de las Partes

The report details the conclusion of the Small Grants Program for Cooperative Research in the Americas (SGP-CRA) and the ongoing progress of the Third Cooperative Research Networks Program (CRN3). It highlights the mobilization of US$ 26 million from an initial US$ 2.75 million investment in SGP-CRA and the implementation of 17 multidisciplinary networks under CRN3. Key achievements include the influence of research on legislation in Argentina, the development of hurricane forecasting for Baja California, and the creation of a coastal risk decision tool for 25 Caribbean countries. The report also notes the start of the CONICET-IAI partnership and the development of the Inter-American Forum for Global Change Research Cooperation to expand multilateral funding.

• The Small Grants Program for Cooperative Research in the Americas (SGP-CRA), which ended in December 2015, involved 13 of the 19 IAI member countries and 76 researchers from 53 institutions. The program successfully mobilized US$ 26 million in total funds from an original investment of US$ 2,750,000.
• SGP-CRA research led to tangible policy and legislative outcomes, including the approval of the Glacier Protection Law and the Marine Conservation Law in Argentina. Additionally, it contributed to real-time hurricane forecasting for Baja California and a coastal risk reduction decision tool covering 25 Caribbean countries.
• The Third Cooperative Research Networks Program (CRN3), running from November 2012 to 2018, consists of 17 international multidisciplinary networks involving 17 PIs, 95 co-investigators, and 90 institutions from 15 IAI member countries. It has mobilized US$ 23.5 million in complementary funds since Year 1.
• CRN3 has advanced interdisciplinary research by integrating social science tools to analyze actor relationships with ecosystem services and using agent-based modeling to simulate the spread of diseases like malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis.
• The IAI established a partnership with Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), which created a US$ 200,000 fund to supplement research for Argentine groups in CRN3 networks, resulting in 7 selected projects active in 2015.
• The IAI is promoting the Inter-American Forum for Global Change Research Cooperation to create a multilateral funding mechanism based on the Belmont Forum model, aiming to expand current subsidies primarily funded by the NSF.

APA

Montaña, E. (2016). Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI a la Vigésima cuarta Conferencia de las Partes. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-24-science-report-s.pdf

Chicago

Montaña, Elma. Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI a la Vigésima cuarta Conferencia de las Partes. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2016. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-24-science-report-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{montaa2016informe, author = {Montaña, Elma}, title = {{Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI a la Vigésima cuarta Conferencia de las Partes}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2016}, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-24-science-report-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }