Climate change and variability is one of the greatest challenges facing the Ethiopian agrarians.rnClimate change has a drastic impact on agricultural output, with total crop Failure and massivernlivestock deaths. The aim of this study is to assess adaptation to climate change in the localrnlivelihood of Laeley Machew Woreda Seglamen kebele. The study was conducted in one ruralrnkebeles. And also the main argument of the research is small farmer holder indigenous andrnintroduced climate change adaptation strategies. Significance of the study is to document localrnclimate change and adaptation practices of farmers, to contribute a comprehensive and in depthrnunderstanding of rural community livelihoods in the framework of climate change, serve as inputrnto the strategy of assuring food security and sustainable resource management and some researchrngaps. The study attempts to solve negative impacts of climate change in general, vulnerablerncommunity in particular. The general findings of the study shows that the climate of the studyrnarea has variability and in turn this climate change and variability has impact on the study arearnlivelihood sources like: crop production, cropping pattern, availability of long cycle crops, andrnavailability of livestock feed, loss of livestock and availability of ground and surface waterrnsource were the major ones. To minimize the impacts of climate change and variability thernfarmers of the study area had use different local and introduced types of adaptation mechanisms,rnLike; selling labor, food aid, selling livestock and other assets, early maturing crop varieties,rnwater and soil conservation, rehabilitation of gullies and mountain were long term adaptation practices applied by farmers and woreda office of agriculture. Even if it has some gaps in the process of implementation such as lack of information and knowledge in implementing introducing practice, lack of targeting problem to address to the vulnerable community etc.rnKeywords: Climate change/variability, Adaptation system, Vulnerability, Perception