The document discusses the role of urban agriculture in addressing climate change impacts and promoting sustainability in urban areas. It outlines how climate change threatens urban populations through increased flooding, droughts and heat waves. Urban agriculture can help adapt by providing food and income, improving soil and air quality, reducing emissions through local production and waste recycling, and building resilience of vulnerable groups. The document also describes an organization's experience promoting urban agriculture in Ethiopia to boost livelihoods and nutrition of poor and HIV-affected communities through training and demonstration of organic farming techniques.