20th Meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

The 20th SAC meeting held in Ottawa, Canada, reviewed the progress of SGP I and SGP II projects and the CRN I program. The committee discussed strategies for synthesizing CRN I achievements, including the possibility of an edited book or special sessions at meetings like the IGU. Planning for CRN II and SGP III focused on encouraging applied science and expanding the reviewer database. The SAC also defined required expertise for upcoming member elections and discussed potential partnerships with US organizations such as NOAA for observation and monitoring systems.

• Regarding the SGP I projects, 11 of 16 reports have been received, with five projects on no-cost extensions due to administrative delays in initial payments. The SAC agreed to apply 'IAI Suspension and Termination Procedures for Projects' for a Principal Investigator (PI) who has failed to respond to enquiries.
• For SGP II, the Executive Committee (EC) approved 22 proposals recommended by the SAC. As of 1 April 2004, ten of these projects had received their initial payment of 80%.
• The CRN I program demonstrated strong capacity building and the ability to leverage external funds from national, regional, and international agencies, including the EU, Germany, and the UK.
• The SAC proposed several methods to synthesize the CRN I program, including an IAI-published edited book where PIs author chapters based on IAI Science Agenda themes, or utilizing the SCOPE mechanism.
• The upcoming CRN II and SGP III calls for proposals will be designed to 'encourage applied science proposals'. The SAC identified a need for a 'far broader base of reviewers' than currently exists in the IAI database to handle a major program.
• The SAC recommended six specific areas of expertise for candidates to be nominated for SAC positions at the July 2004 CoP: oceanic and atmospheric variability; coastal and estuarine processes/fisheries; cultivated systems/food security; climate change and atmospheric physics; forestry/applied ecology/LUCC/carbon; and economics/urban issues/human health.
• The committee identified potential partnerships with US organizations, specifically NOAA and Ocean US, to develop observation and monitoring systems using the IAI's network.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2004). 20th Meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/6_SAC20.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 20th Meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). 2004. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/6_SAC20.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch200420th, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{20th Meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2004}, month = jun, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/6_SAC20.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }