Report of the 47th meeting of the IAI Executive Council

The 47th meeting of the IAI Executive Council focused on coordinating scientific priorities, financial planning, and governance structures ahead of CoP-27. Key outcomes include recommendations for the adoption of a new IAI Strategic Plan and Scientific Agenda, the proposal to create a task force to engage national funding agencies, and the recommendation to extend the IAI Executive Director's contract. The Council also addressed the need for greater geographic and subject matter diversity within the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and discussed capacity-building efforts in Central America and the Caribbean.

• The Executive Council recommended that the Conference of the Parties (CoP) adopt the revised IAI Scientific Agenda and the new IAI Strategic Plan, the latter of which incorporates national priorities and international frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals.
• To improve funding for science and capacity building, the Council proposed the creation of a task force specifically to engage with national funding agencies.
• The IAI Directorate identified a need to increase the participation of researchers from Central America, noting a specific lack of such researchers in the Small Grants Human Well Being (SGP-HW) program.
• The Council emphasized that the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) membership must be balanced across regions and between natural and social sciences to ensure geographic and subject matter diversity.
• The Executive Council recommended the extension of the IAI Executive Director's contract and requested the CoP to approve the Core Budget and Country Contributions for FY 2019-2020, as well as the preliminary request for 2020-2022.
• The IAI is working to establish a regional network of cooperating research entities using mechanisms such as institute research centers, affiliated research institutions, and associates of the Institute.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2019). Report of the 47th meeting of the IAI Executive Council. http://iai.int/pdf/en/EC-47-draft-report-en.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the 47th meeting of the IAI Executive Council. 2019. http://iai.int/pdf/en/EC-47-draft-report-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2019report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the 47th meeting of the IAI Executive Council}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2019}, month = jun, url = {http://iai.int/pdf/en/EC-47-draft-report-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }