The Pacific Coast of North America represents the world’s fifth-largest economy, a thriving region of 55 million people with a combined GDP of $3 trillion. Through the Pacific Coast Collaborative, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and the cities of Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles are working together to build the low carbon economy of the future. We share ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at least 80 percent by 2050. We back up our commitments with regional action to transform our power grids, transportation systems, buildings, and economies while increase resilience to a changing climate.
This policy brief summarizes the Pacific Coast Collaborative’s shared regional approach to reduce the amount of edible food that is wasted and the amount of inedible food that is landfilled through prevention, rescue, and recovery.
