Author: Adil Najam

Pardee Center Director Presents at the United Nations on Rio+20

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 invited to present at a special panel event before the Second Committee (on Economics and Finance) of the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly […]

Pardee Director Writes Op-Ed and Interviewed on BBC

Prof. Adil Najam, the Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, was interviewed on the BBC/PRI radio show The World on the impacts of the recent floods in Pakistan, including the coping strategies of those affected and […]

Special Energy Seminar: Tough Lessons from Oil

Who: Zygmunt Plater, School of Law, Boston College Where: Room STO 453, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston University When: Tuesday, October 26, 12:30 PM As a White House staffer once said, “A disaster is a terrible thing to waste.” The BP Deepwater Horizon blowout will be a doubly disastrous calamity if it doesn’t produce systemic changes for […]

Prof. Najam Speaks at SDPI Seminar

Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, spoke – along with Dr. Tariq Banuri, Director of the UN Department of Sustainable Development – at a special seminar at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, Pakistan, on October 23, 2010. The seminar titled […]

Prof. Adil Najam Speaks on International Environmental Law

Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment, Prof. Adil Najam spoke on recent developments in international environmental laws at a seminar organized by the Pakistan Society for the Enhancement of the Rule of Law (SERL) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in […]

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 […]

Nov. 4 Event: Lessons from Pakistan and Haiti about Philanthropy and Disasters

New England International Donors (NEID) and the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host a panel discussion on the current situation with the devastating floods in Pakistan and the ongoing impacts of Haiti’s earthquake earlier this year. The event will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, from 5:30-7:30pm, […]

Pardee Center Director Gives Keynote at Social Work Confernce

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 the Environment, gave the keynote address at an international symposium of the Asian Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (API SWEA) on October 13, 2010. The symposium was […]

Prof. Najam at Advisory Meeting for Forthcoming UN Report

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 the Environment, participated in an advisory group meeting to develop a policy assessment framework to be used in the forthcoming Fifth Global Environmental Outlook Report (GEO-5) of the […]