Not exact matches
The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific
funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day
Fund and adding to existing reserves;
baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city
agency performance.
Initial discussions with participating academic institutions,
funding agencies and industrial partners are underway, and the group plans to develop a
baseline funding proposal by 2017.
The calculator has been specially designed for the UN
agencies,
funds and programmes to facilitate the preparation of their
baseline greenhouse gas inventories as a first step in their move towards climate neutrality.
The report also recommends
baseline research on adaptation, mitigation, and vulnerability, and the need for
agencies with appropriate expertise to «increase
funding and take a leadership role in supporting, managing, and directing this research.»