Report of the IAI Directorate

The IAI Directorate reports progress on the CRN II and SGP-HD programs, highlighting the leveraging of US$ 5.5 million in funding and the production of 108 peer-reviewed publications. Key achievements include the establishment of a phenology monitoring network in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, and the delivery of training institutes on climate adaptation and remote sensing. The report also details the 'Assessment of research and institutional needs to cope with the effects of Climate Change on Andean Biodiversity' project and various international collaborations to integrate climate science into policy.

• The CRN II program has leveraged approximately US$ 5.5 million in funding over its first two years, resulting in 108 peer-reviewed journal publications and 28 books or book chapters.
• The IAI is facilitating the creation of a phenology monitoring network using towers and ground sensors in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina to link plant physiology to climate-modulated changes; this effort is supported by a US$ 38,000 IAI contribution and additional co-funding from sources including the University of Alberta and Olsonet Incorporation.
• The Small Grants Program for the Human Dimensions (SGP-HD) has demonstrated policy relevance through activities such as the 'Border Climate Summary/Resumen del Clima de la Frontera', a quarterly tool providing climate and water information to policy-makers via the University of Arizona.
• The IAI is conducting a MacArthur Foundation-funded assessment of research and institutional needs regarding climate change effects on Andean biodiversity, which has included national meetings in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
• The IAI has implemented several capacity-building training institutes, including a November 2008 event on mainstreaming climate adaptation into environmental policy in Latin America attended by 33 institutions from 17 countries, and a 2009 institute on remote sensing for hydrology in semi-arid regions in Brazil.
• A proposed project titled 'Latin America Health Sector and Adaptation to Climate Change' involving Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and Paraguay was approved for US$ 900,000 by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), though implementation was delayed because the IDB does not allow international organizations to act as the executing agency.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2009). Report of the IAI Directorate. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-16-directorate-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Report of the IAI Directorate. 2009. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-16-directorate-report-e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2009report, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Report of the IAI Directorate}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2009}, month = apr, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-16-directorate-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }