The Philippines had been ranked eighth among the countries most vulnerable to some of the worst manifestations of climate change, which is the number one reason people should build up their adaptive capacity to ensure long-term food security and sustainability. The impacts of climate change and extreme events are challenges for small-scale fisheries, leading to extensive damages, altering fish productivity, and declining fish catch, including food insecurity. This current research will closely link responsive, flexible, and reflexive management systems to enable adaptation to a changing climate and increase the fishers' resilience in the various study sites. The study will evaluate the impacts of climate change, adaptations, and resilience of fishing communities and rely on fishers' ecological knowledge. This will be validated using secondary data and focus groups to elicit insights regarding adaptations and fisher's well- being to build climate-resilient communities. This will use a mixed-methods approach to study the fisheries and fishing communities in Surigao del Norte and Davao Oriental, where extreme events have impacted fishing communities. The results of this study will be useful for the fishers, government agencies, and non-government organizations to improve policies and the condition of fishers regarding adaptation, resilience measures, and well-being.