Section 4: Resources Section Objectives: Review the organization’s budget for addressing climate change issues, whether adequate numbers of trained staff—at leadership, management and technical levels--are addressing climate change issues, and infrastructure (hardware, software, etc.) for addressing climate change issues Potential Important Participants: Senior managers; human resources director and staff; financial staff; IT manager; staff responsible for addressing climate change issues Illustrative Supporting Documentation: Human resources policy and manual; sample position descriptions; recruitment guidelines or policy; staff and consultant resumes; organization chart; senior manager and staff interviews or questionnaires Low Capacity Basic Capacity Moderate Capacity Strong Capacity 1 2 3 4 4 Human: Human: Human: Human: Resources Key climate change-related Key climate change-related Key climate change-related All key climate positions have not been positions have been positions have been positions have been established, remain vacant, or established, some have been established and funded, most established and filled with are filled by people without filled by people with are filled by people with candidates with appropriate appropriate skills appropriate skills appropriate skills skills The staffing plan does not exist The staffing plan is minimally The staffing plan is moderately The staffing plan is well or is not well aligned or does aligned to climate change goals aligned to climate change goals aligned to climate change not facilitate the achievement and objectives and objectives goals and objectives of climate change goals and priorities Financial: Financial: Financial: There is currently minimal There is currently modest There is currently adequate financial resources to achieve financial resources to achieve financial resources to Financial: climate change priorities and climate change priorities and achieve climate change There is currently inadequate objectives objectives priorities and objectives financial resources to achieve Future year budgets can Future year budgets can Future year budgets can climate change priorities and minimally achieve climate moderately achieve climate achieve climate change objectives change priorities and objectives change priorities and objectives priorities and objectives Future year budgets are Funding sources for climate Funding sources for climate Funding sources for climate inadequate for achieving change are occasionally stable change are generally stable and change are stable and climate change priorities and and reliable reliable reliable objectives Funding sources for climate
Section 4: Resources Section Objectives: Review the organization’s budget for addressing climate change issues, whether adequate numbers of trained staff—at leadership, management and technical levels--are addressing climate change issues, and infrastructure (hardware, software, etc.) for addressing climate change issues Potential Important Participants: Senior managers; human resources director and staff; financial staff; IT manager; staff responsible for addressing climate change issues Illustrative Supporting Documentation: Human resources policy and manual; sample position descriptions; recruitment guidelines or policy; staff and consultant resumes; organization chart; senior manager and staff interviews or questionnaires Low Capacity Basic Capacity Moderate Capacity Strong Capacity 4 Resources 1 2 3 4 Human: Key climate change-related positions have not been established, remain vacant, or are filled by people without appropriate skills The staffing plan does not exist or is not well aligned or does not facilitate the achievement of climate change goals and priorities Financial: There is currently inadequate financial resources to achieve climate change priorities and objectives Future year budgets are inadequate for achieving climate change priorities and objectives Funding sources for climate Human: Key climate change-related positions have been established, some have been filled by people with appropriate skills The staffing plan is minimally aligned to climate change goals and objectives Financial: There is currently minimal financial resources to achieve climate change priorities and objectives Future year budgets can minimally achieve climate change priorities and objectives Funding sources for climate change are occasionally stable and reliable Human: Key climate change-related positions have been established and funded, most are filled by people with appropriate skills The staffing plan is moderately aligned to climate change goals and objectives Financial: There is currently modest financial resources to achieve climate change priorities and objectives Future year budgets can moderately achieve climate change priorities and objectives Funding sources for climate change are generally stable and reliable Human: All key climate positions have been established and filled with candidates with appropriate skills The staffing plan is well aligned to climate change goals and objectives Financial: There is currently adequate financial resources to achieve climate change priorities and objectives Future year budgets can achieve climate change priorities and objectives Funding sources for climate change are stable and reliable
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