The climate crisis has created multi-system global-scale challenges that planning needs to address. The planning process is determined by systemic structural factors. It regulates and organizes spatial competition (Cullingworth & Nadin, 2006; Wilson et al., 2019), and mediates between the conflicting interests of the various actors (Baarveld, 2015; Forester, 2006; Kiernan, 1983; Ruming, 2012) into a spatial organization. Urban planning manages land use and development while dealing with conflicting interests arising between the demand for development and economic growth, social equality and justice, and environmental protection (Campbell, 1996; Hurlimann et al., 2021). As such, it is required to address the developing climate crisis, generate a net environmental profit, promote the development of a circular economy aimed at preventing waste of resources and ensuring their optimal utilization, and sustainable industry for a more equitable society. Unsustainable development, considered one of the significant factors causing climate change (Ayers & Dodman, 2010; Balogun et al., 2020; Hurlimann et al., 2021), directly impacts the need for adaptation and mitigation actions. Urban planning, which dictates the sustainability of development, plays a crucial role in shaping these responses to combat climate change (Carter et al., 2015; Hurlimann et al., 2021; Rannow et al., 2010). Moreover, through digitization, integration between theoretical and practical fields of urban planning and climate change research can be achieved. This integration can occur through a digital collaborative planning process centered on future planning scenarios and feedback.

Despite the understanding that urban planning can significantly contribute to adapting to and mitigating climate change, we have not yet succeeded in optimally integrating it into policy and legislation leading to optimal implementation in practice (Hurlimann et al., 2021). Furthermore, tools that support decision-making and measure the gradual implementation of climate goals are typically voluntary and not mandated by Israeli planning laws. A review of planning processes and their outputs shows that despite the low priority given to environmental issues in Israeli politics, Israeli planning has adopted ideas and tools for sustainable planning thanks to the contribution of planners and architects to this process (Shmueli et al., 2015), and not necessarily due to governmental legislation. In this way, planners act as “policy entrepreneurs” in promoting environmental planning initiatives (Feitelson, 1998 quoted in Shmueli et al., 2015). To mitigate the impacts of climate change and adapt our cities to future climate change, it is important to explore ways to improve the environmental aspects of urban planning.
This research aims to harness the potential of data science and technology to develop strategies for sustainable urban planning in the context of climate change. Specifically, it combines the Planning Support System (PSS) Geodesignhub, which facilitates broad stakeholder involvement, with digital climate services. These digital tools provide urban planners, decision-makers, and citizens with comprehensive information about the current state of the city and the impacts of various planning scenarios on future development and resilience. The research focuses on evaluating the ability of negotiation and collaborative planning to promote optimal, agreed-upon planning that is comprehensive, inclusive, and efficient. Through Geodesign workshops, planning teams are assisted in translating their experiences and preferences into consensus-driven ideas while considering broader local contexts. The evaluation and analysis of these negotiation and decision-making processes yield insights into how engagement strategies evolve during planning and how negotiation can enhance planning outcomes and implementation. Such shared planning processes, which promote deep public collaboration and take climate change into account, are expected to promote sustainable development of the urban space.