This document discusses approaches for plant breeders to predict climate change impacts and develop breeding strategies. It questions what information breeders currently use and will need in the future as climate changes. Breeding approaches may involve modeling target populations of environments to evaluate crops, as well as using genomic selection and ideotypes tailored to climate change. An example focuses on irrigated rice in South Asia and identifying heat tolerant and water efficient ideotypes. The document emphasizes using existing knowledge and projects to guide innovative climate-smart breeding.