Evaluación de las prioridades políticas en materia de cambio ambiental global y oportunidades para cerrar la brecha entre ciencia y políticas en las Américas

The assessment identifies climate action, biodiversity conservation, and water security as primary policy priorities in the Americas, with health, poverty, and inequality emerging as new priorities. It highlights a significant barrier to evidence-based policymaking: the difficulty of communicating science to non-technical audiences. To address these gaps, the document recommends strengthening intersectoral and multinational scientific cooperation, integrating science diplomacy and transdisciplinary training for science-policy intermediaries, and strategic participation in international conventions, particularly for smaller nations.

• The primary policy priorities in the region are climate action, biodiversity conservation, and water security, while health, poverty, and inequality are identified as emerging priorities.
• A major obstacle to creating evidence-based policies is the challenge of communicating scientific information to non-technical audiences.
• The assessment suggests that countries with similar income levels tend to share the same environmental priorities.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Evaluación de las prioridades políticas en materia de cambio ambiental global y oportunidades para cerrar la brecha entre ciencia y políticas en las Américas. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/Resumen%20de%20la%20Evaluaci%C3%B3n%20Regional%20del%20IAI%202024.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Evaluación de las prioridades políticas en materia de cambio ambiental global y oportunidades para cerrar la brecha entre ciencia y políticas en las Américas. n.d. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/Resumen%20de%20la%20Evaluaci%C3%B3n%20Regional%20del%20IAI%202024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndevaluacin, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Evaluación de las prioridades políticas en materia de cambio ambiental global y oportunidades para cerrar la brecha entre ciencia y políticas en las Américas}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/Resumen%20de%20la%20Evaluaci%C3%B3n%20Regional%20del%20IAI%202024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }