The Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) is a national NGO established in 1973 envisioning a just and caring society where people live in peace, with dignity and harmonious relationship with all God’s creations. On the basis of ecumenical principles, CCDB is working with thousands of households in 28 different districts of Bangladesh to create a society where the poor, marginalized and vulnerable people can claim and enjoy their rights and seek justice for a sustainable livelihood.

Experiencing the devastating consequences of climate disasters in Bangladesh, CCDB realized that concrete solutions are needed to address climate change problems to initiate the transition to a climate resilient future. Therefore, CCDB set up a dedicated Climate Change Program in 2009.The program aims to create a climate sensitive and resilient society. It emphasizes on knowledge generation and sharing, climate learning and education, innovation of climate solutions, technology demonstration and dissemination, capacity development and community resilience building. The program is working in 4 districts Satkhira, Bagerhat, Barguna and Gazipur with 10,024 beneficiary households.

The Climate Change Program consists of four components

A reigning advisory body is formed having technically sound resource persons of the country and abroad. It is currently composed by Prof. Dr. Ainun Nishat (chair), Dr. Saleemul Huq, Prof. Dr. Mahbuba Nasrin, Prof. Dr. Saiful Haque, Ms. Sara Jane Ahmed, Mr. Farid Uddin Ahmed, Dr. Fazle Rabbi Sadeque Ahmed, Ms. Sharmind Neelormi and Dr. Sheikh Tawhidul Islam.