Najam Attends Biodiversity 3.0 Experts Meeting at Oxford
Pardee School Dean Adil Najam and two dozen leading international experts on biodiversity spent April 26, 2017, at Oxford University, discussing the need to redesign our global understanding of global biodiversity goals and policy strategies. Held in Oxford, United Kingdom, the experts meeting on “Biodiversity 3.0” was hosted by the the Oxford Martin School and convened by the Geneva-based Luc Hoffmann Institute.
The experts meeting brought together leading thinkers on global environmental policy, and particularly issues related to biodiversity, for an all-day brainstorming on the challenges of addressing the great biodiversity issues of our time. The Director of the Oxford Martin School, Achim Steiner, who was the former head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the just-named new head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), opened the meeting. The discussion focused on options for a profound rethink of how to conceptualize and actualize global efforts to conserve rapidly shrinking biodiversity.
Najam contributed to the discussions with a focus on the lessons from the arena of global climate change policy, including in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in which he was deeply involved. He also made comments about lessons that can be learnt from the historical context of global biodiversity policy.
Adil Najam is the Inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and a leading global expert on sustainable development policy. He also serves as a Trustee on the Board of WWF-International and Chairs the Scientific Board of the Luc Hoffmann Institute.