The Conference of the Parties may invite States outside the region, regional or international intergovernmental organizations, and industries and other non-governmental and private organizations interested in supporting the Scientific Agenda and programmatic activities of the Institute, to become Associates of the Institute.
Associates of the IAI are:
- AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
- AGU – American Geophysical Union
- CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network
- COIBA AIP Station
- CR2 Center for Climate and Resilience Research
- FAPESC – Santa Catarina Research Foundation
- FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation
- Future Earth
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt
- IVIC – Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research
- Mitacs
- Research Center for Global Environmental Change (CICAG) – National University of Asunción
- STRI – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- UWI – University of the West Indies
- World Meteorological Organization
