This document summarises several consultations of experts, policy makers and practitioners on the contribution of agroecology to innovative and transformative climate change adaptation responses. The paper identified 5 key messages that call for a transformation of the agricultural sector and our food systems, being a contributor to, and causality of, accelerated climate change. Agroecology can contribute towards more systemic solutions by linking food production at farm level to the broader social-ecological systems that support resilience to climate change.