{"id":5003,"date":"2010-02-22T08:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T16:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:21:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:21:45","slug":"pacific-coast-collective-creates-vision-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2010\/02\/22\/pacific-coast-collective-creates-vision-action-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Coast Collective Creates Ocean Conservation and Coastal Climate Change Action Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Pacific coast is a region of amazing beauty and resources with a unique set of concerns. In 2008, Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington created the Pacific Coast Collaborative<\/a> with a vision to \u201ccreate a formal basis for cooperative action, a forum for leadership and information sharing, and a common voice on issues facing Pacific North America.\u201d This week at the inaugural PCC Leaders’ Forum the Pacific Coast Collaborative states ratified two action plans: 1) Innovation, the Environment and the Economy and 2) Ocean Conservation and Coastal Climate Change Adaptation. The Ocean and Coastal action plan is a powerful, unified statement about how the West Coast will adapt to and move forward in response to climate change issues. With 52 million people living in the 5 states and $2.5 trillion GDP, the PCC views itself as a \u201cmega-region\u201d that would rank as the world\u2019s 7th<\/sup> largest economy and has geographically unique coastal concerns.<\/p>\n