In Europe and Central Asia, climate change is a growing threat to agriculture and food security. Average temperatures across the region have already increased by 0.5 °C to 1.6 °C since the early 1990s (FAO, 2016 a), with an overall increases of 1.6°C to 2.6°C and reductions in precipitation expected by 2050 (World Bank, 2009). These climatic changes as well as the increase frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, are already adversely affecting the productivity and sustainability of agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. Climate change will also affect the distribution and frequency of transboundary animal diseases (TADs)1 . This can have major consequences on animal and public health, productivity, food security as well as on livelihoods, in particular of small holders.