Abstract: With the method of combination of quantitative and qualitative researching, the cognition and the behavior of adapting to climate change were surveyed in 522 farmers and herdsmen of the farming-pastoral ecotone of Inner Mongolia, 4 Leagues and Cities. The investigation showed that on the livelihood of the farmers and herdsmen have been violently impacted by climate change and meteorological disasters, and farmers and herdsmen’ capacity of preventing from meteorological disasters was weak. Improving and adopting the adapting technologies and measures to climate change, for example, forbid breed and pursue breed in house or fold, using the Strip Intercropped technologies of the combination of crop and grass, it could not only enhance the farmers and herdsmen’ capacity of adapting to climate change and meteorological disasters, but can also be a corresponding increasing farmer’s income. Farmers and herdsmen thought that obtaining weather information was useful to mitigate meteorological disasters. Key words: climate change; meteorological disasters; farmers and herdsmen; cognitive; adapting behavior