The Amazon Initiative unites IANAS academies, scientists and policy-makers around the IANAS-ABC Manaus Letter, highlighting the Amazon’s role in the Earth system, its cultural diversity, the socio-ecological changes underway, and the urgent need for sustainable development across the biome.

Access to clean water is one of the major problems of the 21st century, made worse by wasteful use and pollution. To help national governments tackle growing scarcity, the Science Academies of the Americas created a regional water programme.

Science education is the most important way through which national societies of all countries learn about science, its values, concepts and objectives, and through which they can understand the importance of scientific endeavor for their cultural and socioeconomic development.

The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) is a regional network of 23 Academies of Sciences created to support cooperation towards the strengthening of science and technology as a tool for advancing research and development, prosperity and equity in the Americas.

The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) Energy Project is a collaboration of the Science Academies of the Americas to apply advanced science and engineering to the sustainable energy programs in the western hemisphere.

Traditionally, women have been underrepresented in scientific and engineering research and in the technical work force. Even though women are presently entering these fields in greater numbers, their careers tend to remain in the lower ranks of the hierarchy and women are still poorly represented.