Impacts of climate change pose very serious risks for countries, vital ecosystems, and sectors including agriculture, forestry, health, local economic activities and biodiversity. In conjunction with other pressures, they could also exacerbate other serious local and regional challenges, such as poverty, poor healthcare, inequitable distribution of resources, diminishing ecological resiliency and energy insecurity. This module will help you identify impacts of changing climate and developing adaptive responses. It aims to help carry out a vulnerability and impact assessment based on an ecosystem analysis and suggest sectoral adaptation options that are relevant to the decision-makers. The adaptation options could be developed into practical implementation plans at the sub-ministerial level. The module builds on the IEA conceptual framework and analytic methods by providing guidance for their application to the case of climate change while preserving the integrated approach.