Climate change is rapidly emerging as one of the biggest risks to sustainable livestock production in coastal locations and is recognised as a serious global development issue impacting many sectors of the economy. Growth, milk production, and reproduction of coastal livestock are directly impacted by climate change. The reduced availability of water and pasture, unpredictable disease outbreaks, and growing disease prevalent zones are some of the indirect effects of climate change on livestock animals in coastal areas. Besides heat stress, additional stressors associated with the current changing environment include nutrition and walking stress, which further limits livestock production. Hence, it’s vital to address stress related to diet and activity in addition to heat stress. Therefore, research efforts are crucial in evaluating the cumulative effects of these important environmental stressors. Management of animal nutrition, housing, and health are some of the multifaceted strategies implemented to mitigate the detrimental effects of environmental stress on livestock. To enhance current amelioration efforts, it is critical to comprehend livestock responses to environmental stressors. Significant advancements have been achieved in improving the current thermal indices, and heat load indices have been created especially to meet the requirements of the livestock sectors. The assessment of the thermotolerance of animals is gradually being modified by technologies related to surface temperature monitoring using infrared thermography and rumen temperature measurement utilising rumen boluses. In combination with real-time data interpretation using artificial intelligence tools, these technologies present a great deal of promise for precise animal management. In an effort to screen livestock breeds that can survive in a variety of agro-ecological zones, research activities concentrate widely on evaluating native livestock breeds. Advances in molecular biotechnology have opened up new avenues for identifying crucial cellular responses to heat stress and characterising gene expression improving the accuracy and efficiency of selection for heat tolerance in livestock. Therefore, evaluating genetic components, such as genomics and proteomics of heat stress in livestock, and creating alternative management strategies that minimise the effects of stressors and enhance animal performance will be considered crucial researchable priorities in the future in order to mitigate the effects of environmental stress and sustain optimal livestock production in coastal regions.