Using interview data with civic environmental stewardship groups in New York City (n = 26), we identify strategies through which civic stewards engage in transboundary environmental governance and urban climate adaptation planning. Our findings articulate the diverse ways that civic stewards engage with planning in urban socio-ecological systems, as they (1) shape physical spaces, (2) broker partnerships, (3) disrupt the status quo, (4) build civic capacity, and (5) envision new futures. We contribute to the literature by embedding civic stewardship within urban planning discourse, suggesting partnerships between civic stewards and government planners that facilitate the co-production of innovative urban climate governance efforts. Usando datos de entrevistas con grupos de administraci & oacute;n ambiental c & iacute;vica en la ciudad de Nueva York (n=26), identificamos estrategias a trav & eacute;s de las cuales los administradores c & iacute;vicos participan en la gobernanza ambiental transfronteriza y la planificaci & oacute;n de la adaptaci & oacute;n al clima urbano. Nuestros hallazgos articulan las diversas formas en que los administradores c & iacute;vicos se involucran con la planificaci & oacute;n en los sistemas socio ecol & oacute;gicos urbanos, ya que 1) dan forma a los espacios f & iacute;sicos, 2) negocian la asociaci & oacute;n, 3) alteran el status quo, 4) desarrollan la capacidad c & iacute;vica y 5) imaginan nuevos futuros Contribuimos a la literatura incorporando la administraci & oacute;n c & iacute;vica dentro del discurso de planificaci & oacute;n urbana, sugiriendo entre administradores c & iacute;vicos y planificadores gubernamentales que faciliten la coproducci & oacute;n de esfuerzos innovadores de gobernanza clim & aacute;tica urbana. (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Fullwidth Left Parenthesis>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)26(sic)<Fullwidth Right Parenthesis>, (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Fullwidth Colon><Fullwidth Left Parenthesis>1<Fullwidth Right Parenthesis>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic); <Fullwidth Left Parenthesis>2<Fullwidth Right Parenthesis>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic); <Fullwidth Left Parenthesis>3<Fullwidth Right Parenthesis>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic); <Fullwidth Left Parenthesis>4<Fullwidth Right Parenthesis>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic); <Fullwidth Left Parenthesis>5<Fullwidth Right Parenthesis>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop>(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop>