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This policy brief describes a transdisciplinary project in Micaya, Bolivia, aimed at strengthening climate, food, and health resilience through the 'Ayllu resilience mechanism.' The project integrated ancestral knowledge with agroecological technologies and biomedical evaluations to address the impacts of climate change, such as frosts and droughts, which have led to severe nutritional deficiencies and health risks from pesticide exposure in the high Andean community.

This report examines the necessity and challenges of interdisciplinary research to address climate change and biodiversity loss in the Tropical Andes. It argues that traditional, fragmented scientific approaches are insufficient for creating effective adaptation strategies and proposes a holistic model integrating natural sciences, social sciences, and traditional indigenous knowledge to support national policy decisions in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

This IAI fact sheet analyzes the failure of hurricane track predictions for Hurricane John in 2006, which caused deaths and flooding in Baja California, Mexico. The failure is attributed to a lack of upper air sounding data and model divergence. The document advocates for increased transnational collaboration and adherence to WMO standards for weather balloon soundings to improve future forecasting.