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In 2009, the Portland metropolitan region became a pilot of the national Climate Prosperity Project, an invitation-only initiative led by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to reduce emissions while stimulating economic prosperity. Since then, PoSI has been working with a group of public and private sector leaders to answer the question: how does the Portland region successfully curb emissions, expand business opportunity, and increase savings across jurisdictional boundaries?
Our answers are in the Portland Metro Climate Prosperity Project Greenprint — a regional roadmap to accelerate the region’s leadership in green development and clean technology. It starts from the premise that the Portland metropolitan region can simultaneously strengthen its economy, reduce carbon emissions, and maintain a focused leadership position in the global green economy.
As a region, it is time to ensure that our environmental leadership materializes into a strong economic development and public policy strategy. The promise of a clean economy is in our sights, yet other regions are vying for the leadership role — and they have the intent and capacity to pass us by.
The Greenprint is a regional call to action that identifies six green actions and recommends key strategies to achieve them:
Action 1: Establish Finance Mechanisms for Green Innovation
Action 2: Accelerate Energy and Resource Efficiency
Action 3: Commercialize Green Technologies
Action 4: Cultivate the Regional Clean Tech Cluster
Action 5: Develop a Pipeline of Green Talent
Action 6: Build Support and Communicate Results
To meet the ambitious objectives in the Greenprint, the region must immediately invest in building a regional governance framework and focus on targeted priorities and actions where there is the most capacity and strength. We invite you to read the draft Greenprint and get involved.
PoSI's Partners in Climate Prosperity include:
The Climate Prosperity framework includes demand and supply components that together produce multiple economic and environmental benefits.
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