Climate change and variability is one of the greatest challenges facing the Ethiopianrnagrarians. Climate change has a drastic impact on agricultural output, with total croprnfailure and massive livestock deaths. Furthermore the capacity of the rural poor to copernwith climate related shocks has declined due the increase frequency and intensity ofrndroughts. This study looks on the impact of climate change on rural livelihood and theirrnadaptation methods of Alamata woreda. The woreda or the study area is hotspot for thernimpact of climate change. Three tabias was selected by simple random sampling methodrnand 131 persons were participated in the study. The general findings of the study showsrnthat the climate of the woreda has show variability and in turn this climate change andrnvariability has impact on the woredas livelihood sources like: crop production, croppingrnpattern, availability of long cycle crops, and availability of livestock feed and loss ofrnlivestock were the major ones. To minimize the impacts of climate change and variabilityrnthe farmers of the woreda had adopted different coping strategies like; decrease onrnamount of meal, selling labor, food aid, selling livestock and other assets and eat lessrnexpensive foods. Beles feeding for livestock, migration, early maturing crop varieties,rnwater and soil conservation, rehabilitation of gullies and area closure were long termrnadaptation practices applied by farmers and woreda office of agriculture. By consideringrnthe above facts the researcher recommends: there should collaboratively works ofrnfarmers and DA experts on rehabilitation of their environment. The woredaâ€™s office ofrnagricultural should encourage farmers to use drought resistant crop seeds withrncommercial fertilize, compost and soil moisture management practices. In addition therernshould be focus on planting fodder trees and beles around irrigation dykes and arearnclosures