Avances en la evaluación regional

The IAI is conducting a Regional Assessment to better understand how global environmental change (GEC) affects the decisions of its member Parties. Through surveys and subregional listening sessions held in 2022, the IAI identified 'climate action' as the most important current national priority for 14 Parties. Key barriers to using scientific information include a lack of intersectoral collaboration and a lack of science available for non-technical audiences. The assessment has grouped member countries by shared priorities and identified specific regional focuses, such as water security in the Southern Cone and biodiversity in the Andean subregion. Next steps include a deep analysis of collected data and a review of national policy documents, with results to be communicated at CoP-31.

• Climate action is the most significant current national priority at the regional level, cited by 14 Parties. Emerging national priorities include energy security and human health and well-being, each cited by 7 Parties.
• The primary obstacles to integrating scientific information into decision-making are a lack of intersectoral collaboration and a lack of scientific information accessible to non-technical audiences, both cited by 10 Parties. Conversely, the greatest opportunities lie in international funding and cooperation for GEC, as well as multilateral commitments like Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), also cited by 10 Parties each.
• Member Parties have been grouped into three clusters based on shared current priorities: one group (including Canada, USA, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Costa Rica) focuses on climate action, biodiversity, and clean air, water, and soil; a second group (including Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Panama, Jamaica, Paraguay, and Guatemala) focuses on food security, energy security, and climate action; and a third group (including Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Dominican Republic) focuses on water security, climate action, and biodiversity.
• Subregional listening sessions revealed specific priorities: the Southern Cone emphasized climate action and water security (specifically the Plata basin); the Andean subregion focused on biodiversity, ecosystem services (specifically Amazon basin land-use planning), and food security; and North America, Central America, and the Caribbean prioritized climate action and biodiversity (specifically illegal fishing).

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2022). Avances en la evaluación regional. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-EC-54-4-a-i-es.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Avances en la evaluación regional. 2022. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-EC-54-4-a-i-es.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2022avances, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Avances en la evaluación regional}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-EC-54-4-a-i-es.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }