Decisions of the 27th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

The 27th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) approved the 2019-2020 Core Budget and adopted the IAI Strategic Plan and a revised Scientific Agenda. Key decisions include the invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute (Colombia) and Estación Científica COIBA AIP (Panama) to become Associates, and the instruction to implement the Science and Technology Policy (STeP) Fellowships Program. The IAI Directorate was also directed to explore collaboration with the Green Climate Fund and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to address climate change and global change research.

• The Conference of the Parties approved the Core Budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and a preliminary request for the 2020-2022 period.
• The IAI adopted its Strategic Plan and a revised Scientific Agenda, with instructions for the latter to be further updated to better incorporate human systems and transdisciplinary research.
• Two institutions were invited to become Associates of the Institute: the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute in Colombia and the Estación Científica COIBA AIP in Panama.
• The IAI Directorate is tasked with exploring partnerships to support climate and global change research, specifically with the Green Climate Fund Secretariat to serve as a Readiness Delivery Partner in Latin America and with Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
• The IAI is pursuing a 'Collaborative South-South regional approach' to open data and open science, involving collaboration with the African Academy of Science (AAS), the International Council for Science (ICS), and the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA).

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2019). Decisions of the 27th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-27-Decisions-en-.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Decisions of the 27th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2019. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-27-Decisions-en-.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2019decisions, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Decisions of the 27th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/CoP-27-Decisions-en-.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }