Avances en la evaluación regional

This briefing outlines the progress of the Regional Assessment conducted by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) to identify knowledge gaps and uncertainties affecting decisions related to global environmental change (GEC) among its member Parties.

• The Regional Assessment aims to better understand decisions made by Parties affected by global environmental change (GEC) to identify knowledge gaps and uncertainties, which the IAI will then address through scientific efforts and capacity building.
• The IAI implemented a data collection process for the Regional Assessment consisting of scoping workshops in August 2021, a briefing for focal points on February 17, 2022, a regional survey distributed on March 14, 2022 (completed by 17 of 19 Parties), and four subregional listening sessions held between July 12 and 21, 2022.
• Preliminary survey results identify 'climate action' as the most important current national priority for 14 Parties, while 'energy security' and 'human health and well-being' are the most significant emerging priorities, each cited by 7 Parties.
• The primary obstacles to using scientific information in GEC decision-making are a 'lack of cross-sectoral collaboration' and a 'lack of scientific information available for the non-technical public', both cited by 10 Parties. The main opportunities are 'international funding and cooperation for GEC' and 'multilateral agreements/commitments that must be addressed, such as NDCs', also cited by 10 Parties each.
• Subregional listening sessions revealed specific priorities: the Southern Cone focused on climate action and water security (specifically the Plata basin); the Andean subregion emphasized biodiversity, ecosystem services (specifically land-use planning in the Amazon basin), and food security; and Central America, the Caribbean, and North America prioritized climate action and biodiversity (specifically illegal fishing in Central America and the Caribbean).

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.

Wikipedia

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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} }