The expert consultation meeting that this technical background paper details considered cross-sectoral linkages among climate change, disaster risk reduction and management (DRM), with a particular focus on the implications for agriculture and food security. The scope of the meeting concentrated on those aspects of climate change related to increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events such as droughts, floods, tropical storms and wild fires. It did not address projected longer term impacts of gradual climate change such as glacier melt, sea level rise and ecosystem stress.