We express gratitude to the collective wisdom of all experts, professionals and practitioners dedicated to the service of development, particularly in enabling climate risk reduction and adaptation. Many of them have authored publications in this respect from which this working paper has drawn and benefited substantially. Acknowledgement is due to DFID and its partner UNDP for their continued support to the Climate Change Cell in its effort to facilitate national development that is climate resilient. We are grateful to the Climate Change Cell for accepting this working paper for publication. In this respect, the Department of Environment, Bangladesh and particularly Khandaker Rashedul Haque, PhD, its Director General, supported us throughout this initiative and provided much needed understanding of the need for a country framework tool to operationalize the process. We thank the proponents as well as promoters of the various principles, approaches, tools and practices that we have applied in describing the country framework. Specific mention should go to the widely recognized, adapted and applied Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) approach and the Participatory Action Plan Development (PAPD) process. The Disaster Management Framework of CDMP which integrates climate risks and disaster reduction provided useful insight of national level implementation as did the experience of the development of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme (ICZMP) process in Bangladesh. Rob Koudstaal provided valuable insight and wisdom, urging to probe deeper, deserves special mention. Dr. Shamim Ara Begum from the Climate Change Cell devoted attention and time in the literature review and compiling the abbreviation.