2025 American Planning Association/ Canadian Institute of Planners- World Town Planning Day

WTPD 2025 Theme: With Planning We Can!

The 2025 theme, “With Planning We Can!” highlights planning as a key lever in building sustainable, equitable, and resilient communities. It emphasizes planning’s role in addressing global social, economic, and environmental challenges—helping to deliver housing, infrastructure, climate solutions, and healthier outcomes for all. More details here.

 

5 Track Focus Areas:

1. Homes for All
   Showcasing planning-led solutions and projects that ensure the delivery of adequate housing in the right places to meet diverse community needs.

2. Building Resilient Communities
   Highlighting strategies that help cities and communities recover, withstand, and adapt to shocks and stresses—through climate adaptation and mitigation, planning with nature, health-focused planning, and reconstruction efforts.

3. A Just Transition for Our Communities
   Exploring planning initiatives that advance the transition to net zero, from decarbonizing energy to delivering sustainable homes and transport solutions.

4. AI and Digital Technologies for Better Outcomes
   Demonstrating how planners can leverage digital tools and innovations to improve outcomes and deliver greater impact for all.

5. Planning Together
   Celebrating participatory and inclusive approaches—community engagement, co-creation, cultural and indigenous planning, gender mainstreaming, and other collaborative practices that deliver equitable results.

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