Najam Interviewed on Education and Climate Change in Pakistan
Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for an article examining the relationship between education in Pakistan and the country’s ability to reduce carbon emissions. Najam served as lead author on the 2017 Pakistan National Human Development Report on Youth.
Najam was interviewed for a May 8, 2018 article by SciDevNet entitled “Education Key to Pakistan Reducing Carbon Emissions.”
From the text of the article:
Author of the 2017 Pakistan National Human Development report Adil Najam says the study’s findings show increasing emissions, most of it attributable to reckless energy use behaviour and inefficient technologies in the transport, industry and household sectors.
“Producing efficient and innovative manpower through enhanced access to education in a country where millions of children don’t attend school is inevitable if Pakistan is to achieve sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty,” says Najam, who is dean at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.
“This study’s findings are important not only for Pakistan but also for other populous countries with low human development indices,” he adds.
Adil Najam is the inaugural dean of the Pardee School for Global Studies at Boston University and was former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research and teaching is on global policy and diplomacy, including on international negotiations.