On the occasion of celebrating World Environment Day 2022, the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), CCDB Climate Centre and Green Planet Club of the Department of Environmental Science and Management at Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) jointly organized a competition – ‘Climate Exhibition 2022’.

The award-giving ceremony of the exhibition was held on 30^th July 2022 (from 2.00-3.45 PM) at the Auditorium of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB).

Mirza Shawkat Ali, Director (Climate Change and International Convention), Department of Environment, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, Juliate Keya Malakar, Executive Director of CCDB, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tanweer Hasan, Pro Vice Chancellor, Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, Dean Professor Shah M Faruque and Dr. K Ayaz Rabbani of IUB will ne present on the ceremony.

Our climate is changing, so we must act on climate adaptation and mitigation technologies. For further scale-up, CCDB will demonstrate the award-winning poster and prototypes at their Climate Park which will be opened for general visitors on 1^st October 2022. The three winners were selected in the previous judgment program on 21^st July 2022.

The competition was on developing posters and prototype models on climate change. 360 students from various universities participated in the competition by submitting their ideas. Out of them, 90 ideas were shortlisted for the final round.

The competition was held into 2 categories:
Category 1: Poster presentation
Category 2: Prototype (Model) presentation.

Winners will receive prize money of  total 1,00,000 BDT and their idea will be demonstrated and further scaled up at CCDB Climate Centre at Gazipur.