Najam in TNS on Support For Climate Action
Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a recent article on the importance of galvanizing support for climate action within major emitter countries.
Najam was interviewed for an August 26, 2018 article in The News on Sunday entitled “The Heat Is On.”
From the text of the article:
Although the research is authoritative in nature, Adil Najam, the inaugural dean of Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, clarified that the Hothouse Earth hypothesis posts a scenario rather than a prediction. He said, “Though the research paints a scary scenario, its key purpose is to galvanize climate action within major emitter countries by painting a picture of what the worst case scenarios might look like.”
Dr Adil Najam, on the other hand, said that in the light of this research, Pakistan should stay focused on the much more immediate climate crises that will pave way to a possible hothouse. He said, “Pakistan’s climate challenges are immediate and related to adaptation. Heatwaves, floods, glacial melt, droughts and sea-level rise are now in Pakistan’s near-term horizon and our focus must remain on this.”
Adil Najam is the inaugural dean of the Pardee School and a professor of international relations and also of earth and environment at Boston University. He was a co-author for the Third and Fourth Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); work for which the IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for advancing the public understanding of climate change science.