Climate variability and climate change are now recognized as a significant threat to livelihoods across the world. Water shortages, more intense tropical storms, floods, coastal inundation and longer or recurrent periods of drought are already impacting the health, life and livelihoods of millions of people around the globe, whose reliance on resource dependent activities makes them vulnerable. In addition, there are an increasing number of positive experiences in incorporating climate information for decision making in many socio-economic sectors sensitive to climate.