This image of a farmer’s dried-up cropland in Assam, India is seared into my memory. It reminds me that the people who will be hit the hardest by climate change are the people who are least equipped to adapt to it: the world’s poorest farmers. There are still reasons to be optimistic about our ability to fight climate change, though. I’m inspired by the ingenious inventors who are tackling the problem and all the partners who are supporting their work.