Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC)

The minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC), held on 17 June 2016 in Santiago, Chile, detail administrative decisions regarding the organization's leadership, communication strategies for its 25th anniversary, and member country engagement.

• The Executive Council (EC) is planning several dissemination products to mark the 25th anniversary of the IAI, including a 'white book' and an anniversary book. The anniversary book is intended as a visibility tool for decision-makers and the general public, focusing on the IAI's mandate to do science, build capacity, and inform decision-making.
• The EC decided that country representatives should identify national responses to the 1.5-degree limit proposed by the UN Climate Change Convention for the next Conference of the Parties (CoP). This effort aims to create a regional view that includes stakeholder perspectives on risk and adaptation, with Guatemala requested to organize a workshop specifically for a chapter on Central America.
• The 2015 Director Search process was interrupted due to procedural errors, leading to a new selection process. The EC is working to amend the Agreement Establishing the IAI to extend the Director's appointment term to 4 years, renewable once. The new selection timeline includes a call for applicants from July to October 2016, with a new Director expected to be in place by the next regular CoP.
• To improve member participation, the EC established a Member Country Engagement Committee consisting of Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay, with collaboration from Panama. This committee is tasked with creating case-by-case action plans to re-engage non-active member countries.
• The EC requested that the Directorate provide a more detailed Core Budget and a revised Budget Action Plan/Work Plan within four weeks following the CoP, emphasizing the need for sufficient detail and time to discuss the annual work plan in future presentations.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2016). Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC). http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-42-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC). 2016. http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-42-report-e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2016minutes, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Minutes of the 42nd Meeting of the IAI Executive Council (EC)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2016}, month = jun, url = {http://iai.int/pdf/all/iai-ec-42-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }