<p>For humanitarian and development agencies and communities to adapt their behaviour and build their resilience in response to both seasonal variability as well as longer term climate change, they need access to relevant understanding of known and potential climate risks. Christian Aid, Christian Community Services Mount Kenya East (CCSMKE), the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) and extension officers from the departments of Agriculture and Livestock, the Humanitarian Futures Programme, King’s College London and partnering climate scientists from the UK Met Office and the University of Sussex have been working with farmers groups in Mbeere District to overcome the barriers to effective dialogue between climate scientists, vulnerable communities and humanitarian and development organisations. Amongst numerous outscomes the pilot-demonstration study for the on-going Sustainable Agricultural Livelihoods Innovation (SALI) project, has explored farmers preferred communication methods, inclusive of digital methods; tv, radio, sms etc.</p>