Equitable Urban Planning for a Changing Climate

This presentation offers actionable strategies to help planners advance equitable policies that reduce climate risks and enhance ecological and public health. A new Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report synthesizes responses from surveys of professional planners and policymakers working in cities across North America. It highlights the emerging innovations and tradeoffs cities face in addressing climate change, housing affordability, and economic inequality. Other constraints are due to shifting political landscapes, limited funding, and deepening social vulnerabilities. However, their work also advances integrated, equity-driven urban climate planning, and their innovations form a framework for cities to move from ad hoc responses toward a long-term equitable climate urbanism.

The report's authors and practicing planners explore practical strategies to address the barriers and tradeoffs cities face. The conversation sheds light on how climate and housing planning can co-adapt to counter rising socioeconomic vulnerability, with a focus on the most recent shifts in practice. Showcasing these examples aims to empower city leaders with specific recommendations and strategies for advancing a model of climate urbanism that responds to the demands of polycrisis.
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