Adil Najam ( ur, ) is a Pakistani academic who serves as the inaugural dean of the

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, and previously served as

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of the LUMS.

Life

In 2011, Najam returned to Pakistan to head the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as its third

. During his tenure at LUMS, he oversaw the launch of a major student financial aid program and brought in major philanthropic gifts to enable an expansion of the university. However, he faced criticism for not intervening over the controversial termination of

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by the university's School of Science and Engineering. Najam left LUMS in June 2013, and returned to

. A year later he was appointed the inaugural dean of Pardee School. He was awarded

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in 2008 by the President of Pakistan, and in February 2009, he was appointed to the

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by the United Nations Secretary General. He is a senior fellow of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He has also served as the Chair of the Boards of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), of LEAD-Pakistan, and of the Luc Hoffmann Institute. He also serves as a Trustee on the International Board of the

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and on the Board of The Asia Foundation. Adil Najam was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Information Technology University (ITU) in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2017, for his contributions in science, climate change, and sustainable development.

Publications

Scholarly work

He promotes the idea of living in the "Age of Adaptation" and conceptualizing water as being as important to climate adaptation as carbon was to

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Bibliography

His books include ''How Immigrants Impact their Homelands'' (co-editor, 2013), ''"The Future of South-South Economic Relations"'' (co-editor, 2012), ''"Envisioning a Sustainable Development Agenda for Trade and Environment"'' (co-editor, 2007), ''"Portrait of a Giving Community"'' (2007),'' "Environment, Development and Human Security"'' (editor, 2003), and ''"Civic Entrepreneurship"'' (co-author, 2002). s of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (

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). The IPCC was awarded the

2007 Nobel Peace Prize The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (founded in 1988) and Al Gore (b. 1948) "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made clima ...

for its contributions to advancing the understanding of global climate change.

Media

Early in his career Najam worked as a journalist (sports reporter and columnist) for various newspapers and magazines in Pakistan. He has contributed to newspapers in Pakistan and in the international press.Get rid of all nuclear arms
(18 February 2004) In 2007 Najam launched the blog "All Things Pakistan (''Pakistaniat'')" which won the

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for the best South Asian blog in 2010 and was judged the best current affairs blog by the Pakistan Blog Awards 2010.

References

External links

Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University

Boston University announcement of appointment of Dr. Adil Najam as Inaugural Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies

Outgoing VC of LUMS: A job well done

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

Dean, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University

International Institute for Sustainable Development staff page
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Boston Globe calls Najam Global Citizen

''Pakistaniat: All Things Pakistan'' blog

Voice of Adil on National Public Radio (NPR)

June 2007 Op-Ed on Climate Change in The Boston Globe

December 2015 Op-Ed on Paris Climate Change Negotiations in The Guardian

October 2016 Op-Ed on role of immigrants in USA's academic and Nobel Prize successes in The Conversation

October 2016 Op-Ed on selection of new United Nations Secretary General in Time

Adil Najam joins the WWF International Board of Trustees
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