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The effects of climate change and active use of natural resources are the key factors to pastoral social-ecological vulnerability in agriculture-based developing countries. Pastoral vulnerability is a base to measure how climate change affects pasture, livestock and the livelihoods of herding communities. It is explained by natural stressors and human factors of pasture use and vegetation cover change as a set of interlinked impacts on social and economic conditions and coping strategies of herder communities. Rural herding communities and local government units lack scientific information to better understand the nexus of Climate-Pasture-Livelihood and how it might impact their well-being now and in the future. They also have limited capacity building resources in science, policy, and its implementation. The science-policy adaptive capacity program (SiPaC) was implemented in Gobi-Altai province, Mongolia to build capacity of local herding communities, practitioners, and government units. The SiPAC served as a platform to facilitate knowledge, management, skills, networking, partnership and ultimately, formulation of local adaptation strategy of targeted stakeholders through scientific contributions, methodologies, training manuals, practical and interactive sessions tailored to local needs.