Najam Presents at SP3C Climate Conference
Prof. Adil Najam, Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, presented at the International Science-Policy Conference on Climate Change in Pakistan (SP3C) held in Islamabad in December, 2017.
Adil Najam, who is one of Pakistan’s leading and most respected climate researchers, was a featured speaker at the opening ceremony of the conference (attended by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the Minister of Climate Change) and also at its closing ceremony (attended by the Minister of Planning and the Minister of Climate Change).
He presented a research talk on “Conceptualizing Climate Change and Insecurity” during the conference and was convenor for a high-level policy roundtable on climate and security in Pakistan. Both of these are related to a research project he is currently working on with Prof. Henrik Selin, also of the BU Pardee School.
Dean Najam also presented at policy roundtables on (a) business and sustainable development, (b) business and energy policy, and on (c) renewable energy future for Pakistan.
The three-day conference was organized by the Global Change Impact Studies Center (GCISC) in Islamabad, Pakistan, with over a dozen national and international partner institutions. It brought together over 800 climate researchers and activists from across Pakistan and internationally, and included separate streams for research panels, outreach workshops and thematic policy roundtables.
Adil Najam is the inaugural Dean of the Pardee School and Professor of international relations and of earth and environment at Boston University. Earlier he served as the Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan, and before that as the director of the Boston University Pardee Center. Amongst other works, he is editor of the 2003 book Environment, Development and Human Security: Perspectives from South Asia.