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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. It does not carry out new research nor does it monitor climate related data. Instead, it bases its assessment mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific technical literature.
The International AIDS Society is the world's professional society for scientists, healthcare and public health workers, and others engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, control and care. It organises two biennial events: the International AIDS Congress, and the Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment. Other IAS activities include a clinical trials partnership for improving the coordination and information sharing of clinical trials in developing countries.
IAVI is a global organisation working to speed the development and distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines. IAVI’s work focuses on: mobilising support through advocacy and education; accelerating scientific progress; encouraging industrial participation in AIDS vaccine development; and assuring global access. Its newsletter, IAVI report, is a useful source of up-to-date information and insights, and is accompanied by a lay summary Vax. The website also includes recent policy publications, HIV/AIDS news headlines, an excellent glossary and a vaccines trials database.
The World Bank and its partners are planning an international assessment that will guide policy makers on the key questions surrounding agricultural science and technology. The ultimate aim is to develop a policy environment in both developed and developing countries that is grounded in equity, that addresses key issues such as trade, IPR and land tenure, and that enhances agricultural productivity while encouraging the sustainable use of natural resources.
The ICRW is a US/India-based non-profit organisation that is engaged in policy, advocacy, technical support and research on women's issues. Its website has a special section on
HIV and development.
Established in 1977, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of 15 centers supported by CGIAR. ICARDA's mission is to improve the welfare of poor people through research and training in dry areas of the developing world, by increasing the production, productivity and nutritional quality of food, while preserving and enhancing the natural resource base. ICARDA's research provides global benefits of poverty alleviation through productivity improvements integrated with sustainable natural-resource management practices. ICARDA meets this challenge through research, training, and dissemination of information in partnership with the national, regional and international agricultural research and development systems.
ICARDA serves the entire developing world for the improvement of lentil, barley and faba bean; all dry-area developing countries for the improvement of on-farm water-use efficiency, rangeland and small-ruminant production; and the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region for the improvement of bread and durum wheats, chickpea, pasture and forage legumes, and farming systems.
ICGEB is dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology, with special regard to the needs of the developing world. It strengthens the research capability of its members through training and funding programmes, as well as advisory services. Specific research programmes are located in Trieste, Italy and New Delhi, India, addressing both basic and applied research problems, with particular attention to those pertinent to the developing world.
ICIMOD, based in Kathmandu, serves as a mountain learning and knowledge centre, committed to improving the sustainable livelihoods of mountain peoples in the extended Himalayan region. ICIMOD's strategy is based on working with its partners to identify, test, adapt and provide innovative solutions for overcoming mountain vulnerabilities. The centre builds institutional capacities and facilitates the development of mountain policy and regional cooperation, by serving as a multidisciplinary documentation centre and consultative centre on sustainable development in mountains.
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics is a research centre based in Trieste, Italy. It offers scientists from developing countries the opportunity to pursue research in physics, methematics, and related fields. Other than its research activities, the centre hosts training courses, workshops, conferences and topical meetings. ICTP operates under the aegis of two United Nations bodies, UNESCO and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The ICTSD is a not-for-profit nongovernmental organisation aimed at improving dialogue and understanding about trade and sustainable development. It works with a broad network of organisations, publishing information on and hosting events to discuss intellectual property rights, agriculture and environmental issues.
The ICTSD publishes a monthly review, Bridges, that contains information and analysis of international developments in the global trade debate.
CIAT is one of the 16 food and environmental research organisations known as the Future Harvest centres (which is principally funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). With headquarters in Colombia, CIAT's research mainly focuses on the agricultural needs of tropical America, and includes agrobiodiversity and genetics, ecology and management of pests and diseases, soil ecology and improvement, and rural innovation.
The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, formally opened in November 2000, provides a mechanism for accessing satellite data to help respond to natural disasters.
If a disaster strikes, authorised users can call a single number and request any and all participating satellites to collect data over the affected area.
The charter's website publishes a list of participating space agencies and organisations as well as information on all disasters that have activated the charter, including high resolution images of the resulting satellite data.
ICSU is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1931 that brings together natural scientists in international scientific endeavour. Its membership comprises 101 multi-disciplinary national science academies and research councils, and 27 international single-discipline science unions. The council uses this broad range of expertise to create international inter-disciplinary programmes. It also organises international meetings such as the World Summit on Information Society, and offers a number of grants.
ICRISAT is a non-profit, apolitical, international organisation devoted to science-based agricultural development. It is one of the 16 Future Harvest centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Its research focuses on the farming systems of the semi-arid tropical areas of the developing world, where erratic rainfall, low soil fertility, and extreme poverty are formidable constraints to agricultural development.
IELRC is an independent, non-profit research organisation based in Geneva that focuses on international and comparative environmental law issues, particularly in India and East Africa. The centre seeks to promote sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, teaching, consensus building and public information, and includes programmes on biodiversity, climate change and intellectual property.
The IFPMA represents the worldwide research-based pharmaceutical industry and other manufacturers of prescription medicines. The membership consists of national industry associations from both developed and developing countries, and corporations. The website contains IFPMA position papers on patent protection for pharmaceuticals and protection of innovation, the TRIPS Agreement, and prevention of counterfeiting.
IFPRI - one of the 16 Future Harvest centres - seeks to identify and analyse policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world. Research at IFPRI concentrates on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries, improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource base that supports agriculture.
IGBP is an international organisation that brings individual research projects on earth systems sciences together into international collaborations, when an integrative approach is best suited to the study. The programme's activities include: developing common international frameworks for collaborative research; promoting standardised methodologies; and forming research networks. IGBP is funded primarily by national contributions.
IIED promotes sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. In partnership with other organisations, IIED seeks to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources.
IIED promotes sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. In partnership with other organisations, IIED seeks to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources.
