Traditional knowledge plays a significant role in climate change adaptation and mitigation. There are communities in southern Ethiopia who yet uses traditional weather forecasting systems to adjust cropping systems, copy up drought impacts, and shape their life style to reduce the impacts of climate change.

Soil is the largest terrestrial carbon sink. Hence, the way we manage soils has impact on climate change. For example, traditional soil management practices disturb soil and let the carbon sink to be decomposed and emitted to the atmosphere aggravating climate change. Wetland soils are also the main source of methane if not properly managed. Conversely, climate change has its own negative impact on well functioning of soils like carbon sequestration, soil microbial diversity, availability of soil water, and so on.

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