This study compares the local level climate change effects between completely varyingrntopographies particularly the central highland and central rift valley areas in terms ofrnrain fall and temperature together with perceived climate change effects, environmentalrndegradation emphasis to land use land cover dynamics and the coping mechanismsrnemployed. After the application of different statistical analysis on the metrological datarnand classification of images of different years on the basis of predefined major land usernland cover types correlated with climate change was made. The mean annual rain fallrn(RF) was 868.2mm and variability for years 1970-2005 reaches 22% at BWW (Bassoworenarnworeda). This was greater than ATJKW (Adami-TuluJido Kombolcha woreda)rnof 34% mean of 744.2mm. The variation of monthly maximum temperature CV% 16.2% atrnDebirebirhan was less than 20.9% at Ziway, apparently CV% of monthly minimum was 2.6%rnat Debirebirhan which is quite less than 10.95% at Ziway The rate of forest conversionrnbetween different land use land cover types during 1973-2005,was ranging -rn553ha/yr(1973-86) to -1575ha/yr (1986-2005) at BWW and -753.3ha/yr (1986-2005) torn599ha/yr(1973-86) at ATKW and the increasing trend of agriculture expansion rangesrn+553ha/yr in (1973-86) to +693ha/yr in (1986-2005)at BWW which is quit greater thanrn+651.9ha/yr in (1986-2005) to +458.2ha/yr in (1973-86) at ATJKW.rnThe socio economic survey indicated that there was accelerated environmentalrndegradation effect assessed in ATJKW than BWW recently. The coping mechanismsrnfor the perceived climate change effect were practiced due attention only during the timernof the event. Activities like off farm, nonfarm and lively hood diversification includingrnunemployment induced migration were found to be importantly contributing to supportrnthe livelihood of the community under study. However these techniques of locallyrndeveloped should be integrated with assisted coping mechanisms and should bernemployed in a well planned and effective way consistently to alleviate related climaternchange effects.rnKey words: Main words climate, Cover change, Rainfall variability