While climate change has brutally impacted many African communities, particularly rural communities often inhabited by less-educated subsistence farmers, there seems to be a missing link that ought to map the calamities of climate change with human activities on one hand and remedies to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change on the other hand. This can be traced back to climate change literacy and conceptualisation of this phenomenon, leading to lacklustre climate change mitigation practices in the sub-Saharan African sub content, especially among the vulnerable communities that bear the bulk of the brunt of this phenomenon. Despite many education institutions across sub-Saharan Africa now offering climate change literacy education, the concept remains somewhat abstract, lacking practicability as many graduates face the harsh realities of securing elusive jobs and earning a living as opposed to engaging in broad and futuristic climate change mitigation endeavours. This chapter focuses on sub–Saharan Africa's rural populations who live off the land and are predominantly characterised by low education and resource levels, rendering them unable to actively participate in, and influence climate change initiatives in their localities. The chapter argues that the framing of climate change literacy alienates the very communities it seeks to engage among sub-Saharan Africa's rural and often poor communities. The chapter identifies the socio-economic realities of sub Saharan Africa's rural people which limit their ability to participate effectively in shaping their localities, rendering the current climate change and sustainability discourse elitist. To that effect, the chapter contributes to literature in the area of climate change literacy among vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa and proposes the use of a sustainability discourse ladder as an inclusive framework for translating climate change issues into a format relatable to the targeted groups.