STeP Science Diplomacy Group Projects 2023-2024

About Group Projects: 

STeP Fellows get the unique opportunity to engage with the Inter-American network and apply concepts discussed in virtual science diplomacy and communication training sessions through group projects.   

  • Fellows work in multi-country and multidisciplinary teams to: 
  • Practice communication, teamwork, and leadership skills and develop a product to help advance a science diplomacy topic/issue of shared concern in the Americas, aligned with the scientific agenda and priorities of the IAI and/or program partners including host institutions.
  • Identify the challenges and areas of opportunity to improve the science-diplomacy interface from the perspective of the fellows’ countries and work.
  • Develop context-relevant knowledge, tools, practical skills, and networks to tackle transboundary and regional issues of global change in the Americas.

2023-2024 Topics

 

Group 1: United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) Stakeholder Meeting

 

 

 

Group 2: El Niño and Agriculture in the Caribbean and Central America: Exploring the Implications for Food Security

 

 

 

Group 3: Analysis of committees of local communities and indigenous peoples in international/multilateral organizations.

 

 

 

Group 4: A Pan-American Science Diplomacy Framework on AI for Climate Change

 

 

 

Group 5: Limited Access to Health Care in Rural Indigenous Communities of Oaxaca: Recommendations from “Una Salud” to address non-economic loss and damage (Article)

 

 

 

Group 6: Urban Green Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation in LAC

 

 

 

Group 7: Governance for the provision of evidence in climate action and its diversity. The cases of Chile and Bolivia

 

 

 

Group 8: Impact of The Belem Declaration on Indigenous Communities and the Use of Natural Resources

 

 

For more details on each project, click here for the presentation at the 2024 STeP Leadership Conference at the Universidad del Valle Guatemala as part of the event “Strengthening the nexus of climate change, health, and public policy: Evidence from Lancet Countdown Latin America and the IAI”