The Climate Crisis – a guide for local authorities on planning for climate change

Written by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), and the Town and Country Planning Association,(TCPA), this guide provides an accessible introduction to the broad issues involved in planning for climate change. It is intended to help planners and politicians play their full part in tackling the climate crisis.


This Guide is intended to help planners and politicians play their full part in tackling the climate crisis, and is designed to inform the preparation of strategic and local development plans being peprard by local and combined authorities in the UK. It replaces the previous edition of this guidance published in 2021.