Transcript PPT 1.1 MB - global change SysTem for Analysis, Research

Second AIACC Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop
Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 24-27, 2004
Global Change
“Changes in the global
environment (including
alterations in the
climate, land
productivity, oceans or
other water resources,
atmospheric chemistry,
and ecological
systems) that may alter
the capacity of the
earth to sustain life.”
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR
GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
IGBP DIVERSITAS
ENRICH
IAI
APN
WCRP
IHDP
INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL
CHANGE RESEARCH
Agreement of Montevideo, 1992
Signatory and Ratifying Countries
(Agreement entered into force: March 11, 1994)
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Argentina 16. Perú
Bolivia
17. USA
Brasil
18. Uruguay
Canada
19. Venezuela
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
República Dominicana
Ecuador
Guatemala
Jamaica
México
Panamá
Paraguay
IAI Main Goals
• Conduct and promote research on
global change and their interaction with
human activities [Agreement Art.II a) to e),
g), h)]
• Improve public awareness and serve as
an effective interface between science
and the governmental policy process
[Agreement Art II, f)]
IAI framework
Constituent bodies:
CoP, EC, SAC, Directorate
Programmatic framework:
Structure:
Science agenda
Distributed network of national and
international research and policy institutions
Activities:
Science program and funded research, CRN, SGP, Grants, SF
Training and education
Support to workshops, conferences and seminars
Surveys (priorities of GEC research)
Data and information system
Newsletter
Listserver
Conference of the Parties
Scientific Advisory
Committee
Executive Council
IAI
Directorate
IAI SCIENTIFIC AGENDA
1. Understanding Climate Change and Variability in the
Americas
2. Comparative Studies of Ecosystem, Biodiversity,
Land Use and Cover, and Water Resources in the
Americas
3. Understanding Global Change Modulations of the
Composition of the Atmosphere, Oceans and Fresh
Waters
4. Understanding the Human Dimensions and Policy
Implications of Global Change, Climate Variability
and Land Use
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PRESENT NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR
IAI
IGBP, IHDP,
U. of Miami
WCRP, DIVERSITAS,
APN, ENRICH, IRI
START,
INPE
NASA
UN agencies
(WMO, UNDP)
International
Scientific
Programs
U. of Indiana
IAI
CICESE
NOAA
National and International Funding
Agencies and Programs
National
Scientific
Programs
Strategy for IAI Programmatic
Development
Assembling scientific
teams and planning
research
Developing research
networks
Start-up Grant Program (SG)
1996-1997
~1.7 M U$S
Promoting initial scientific
activities
Collaborative Research
Network Program (CRN)
1999-2004
~ 10 M U$S
PESCA
2000-2001 US$ 300,000
11 projects – 12 countries
Initial Science Program (ISP):
- Round I: 1996-1999
Small Grants Program
- Round II: 1997-2000
SGP-I 2002-2003 $ 385,000
- Round III: 1998-2001
16 projects – 12 countries
~4 M U$S
SGP-II 2003-2004 $ 740,000
22 projects – 16 countries
Future programs
to develop
research networks
(CRN-II?)
Evolution of IAI Research & Training Activities
Overtime
-I
SGP-II
2003
CRN II ?
2005
2003
2004
Collaborative Research Program (CRN)
TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS & RESEARCHERS IN CRN PROGRAM
- JULY 1999 vs. JUNE 2003 -
June 2003-Researchers347
July 1999-Researchers171
June 2003-Institutions236
July 1999-Institutions130
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Nº
CRN Projects
IAI Training Activities 2003 (Summer Institutes)
IAI Training Activities 2004 (Institutes)
IHDP- IAI 2004 Global Environmental Change Institute on Globalisation and Food Systems
Scientific Workshop and Science-Policy Forum
October 24 – November 6, 2004, Nicoya, Costa Rica
IAI Institute on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change in Latin America
Mexico City, Mexico, September 27-October 8, 2004
Forum:
IAI: Moving forward. 10th Anniversary of the entry into force of the
“Montevideo Declaration”
Buenos Aires, 1st July 2004
Recommendations
• To reaffirm the Institute’s major objectives: regional-level scientific
research, scientific and technical excellence, network building,
multinational collaboration, training support to young scientists, capacity
building, and policy relevance.
• To encourage the Directorate to take into account the results of the
recent survey requesting country priorities on global change research
when implementing its programs and activities, paying particular
attention to the preferred themes and subjects of the Science Agenda
--------------------------------• To develop appropriate regional scenarios to improve the projection
capacity of regional climate models for better assessing the effects of
climate change and variability.
Results of survey on national priorities
on Global Change Research
115 letters sent, 21 replies received from 10 countries (Canada, Chile,
Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, USA)
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All responses indicated as priority Theme I of the Science Agenda
with particular emphasis in the area of scenarios, impacts,
vulnerability and adaptation
The second most frequent subjects were those related to Theme IV
with emphasis on health and environmental issues and vulnerability
of human settlements
Then comes Theme II focusing on impacts of global change in
biodiversity and Theme III with some emphasis on coastal processes
General comments on Science Agenda:
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more integration of the different dimensions of global change
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more relevance to education and training
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greater attention and support for inter-American science assessments, as the
bridging mechanisms between science and policy
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Second AIACC Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop
Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 24-27, 2004