{"id":6947,"date":"2025-08-05T09:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/estructura\/science-policy-advisory-committee-spac\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:18:39","slug":"science-policy-advisory-committee-spac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/estructura\/science-policy-advisory-committee-spac\/","title":{"rendered":"Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The SPAC was established by the CoP in 2013 to provide advice to the CoP and the IAI Directorate regarding the application and design of science in policy and decision making<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPAC Rules: <a href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/SPAC%20rules-en-format.pdf\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/SPAC%20rules-es-format.pdf\"><strong>Spanish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">(Past SPAC members <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.iai.int\/en\/post\/detail\/Past-SPAC-members\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Composition of the SPAC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Carlos Joly<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Universidade Estadual de Campinas\/UNICAMP<\/strong><br>Profesor Em\u00e9rito de Ecolog\u00eda de las Plantas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of expertise:<\/strong>&nbsp;Biodiversity conservation, plant ecology, ecosystem services.<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong> 2023-2026&nbsp;(Parties)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Gilma Mantilla<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Columbia University. New York<\/strong><br>Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of expertise:&nbsp;<\/strong>Public Health, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Public Policies, Climate Health Education.<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong> 2023-2026 (Parties)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Inty Arcos<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN) and Imaymana Foundation<\/strong><br>Advisor on environmental governance and watershed management in the Mancomunidad del Choc\u00f3 Andino, Director of the Choc\u00f3 Andino Model Forest, Ecuador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of expertise:<\/strong> Ecological Restoration at Landscape Scale, Sustainable Land and Water Management.<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong> 2023-2026 (Parties)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>David Smith <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>(Vice-Chair)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University of the West Indies, Jamaica<\/strong><br>Director of the Centre for Environmental Management<br>Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of expertise:&nbsp;<\/strong>ecology, climate change, sustainable development, disaster risk management, small island developing states.<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong> 2020-2023, 2023-2026 (Parties)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Margot Hurlbert<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University of Regina<\/strong><br>Canada Research Chair in Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability Policy; Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of expertise:\u00a0<\/strong>energy, natural resource, indigenous and environmental issues.<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong> 2022-2025, 2025-2028 (Parties)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Carol Franco<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia<\/strong><br>Senior Research Associate<br>Advisor: Nature-based Solutions, Ministry of Environment of the Dominican Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Area of experience:<\/strong>\u00a0Ecosystem services, food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, climate change negotiations (UNFCCC)<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong> 2022-2025, 2025-2028 (SPAC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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Lead &#8211; Future Earth USA-Hub<\/strong><\/strong><br><br><strong>Area of expertise:&nbsp;<\/strong>Public Health and Policy<br><strong>Appointment:<\/strong>&nbsp;2024-2027&nbsp;(Associates)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SPAC was established by the CoP in 2013 to provide advice to the CoP and the IAI Directorate regarding 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