Pardee Center Director at International Conference in Pakistan

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment was one of the featured speakers at the International Conference on Climate and Development held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 21-22, 2010. The conference, which attracted a number of international and national experts on the subject, was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, and was closed by the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari.

Prof. Najam, who has been deeply involved with this issue and has been a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), spoke on the challenges of climate change adaptation for Pakistan and focused on policy options that are available to developing countries to act on climate change in the context of development.

Prof. Adil Najam was also the Chair of a panel on climate impacts on food, energy and water.