Climate change demands proactive discussions among stakeholders to jointly produce and disseminate knowledge that addresses local needs and informs policies. Research on how these stakeholders’ knowledge co-creation platforms operate considering the ecological and socioeconomic dynamics remains limited. This research attempts to fill this gap by studying knowledge co-production and co-dissemination for climate change adaptation in the Chokwe district, Mozambique. It uses qualitative data drawn from 9 focus group discussions and 70 semi-structured interviews. Research findings show that everyday conversations, community meetings with externals, field visits and training programs are platforms of knowledge co-creation. Throughout these platforms, horizontal co-dissemination occurs with one-to-one conversations and neighbourhood meetings. Vertical co-dissemination is observed in disaster management bureaucratic settings, followed, for example, by extension workers in their interactions with other formal entities and farmers. Transversal co-dissemination involves cross-sectorial stakeholders collaborating trough community meetings and training programs. Then, television and radio were indicated as key additional tools informing people about climate change and disasters, albeit primarily through unilateral arrangements. Furthermore, knowledge co-creation differs across spatial and temporal contexts. In disaster prone areas, it focuses on climate adaptation. Meanwhile, in non vulnerable areas, development based knowledge co-creation dominates. The decision making process depend on how local population see and trust certain collaborative outcome. Overall, co-creation platforms for climate change adaptation involve both top-down and bottom-up perspectives since the knowledge from outside stakeholders reaches local communities and vice versa. Nevertheless, this is not empty of power struggles, exclusions, institutional learning, and other dynamics. Therefore, co-creation initiatives should forge structural transformations, generating solid partnerships, strategic, sustainable, longer, inclusive, and accountable adaptation programs.