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Najam Briefs UN Humanitarian Leaders on ‘Age of Adaptation’
Adil Najam briefs UN Humanitarian agency leaders on the ‘Age of Adaptation’, and why climate change is now a major humanitarian crisis.
Najam Profiled in Austria’s Südwind-Magazin on ‘Age of Adaptation’
Dean Emeritus Adil Najam is interviewed and profiled in Südwind-Magazin, Austria’s leading development magazine.
Najam Speaks at Quaid-i-Azam University on Age of Adaptation
“We are fooling ourselves by believing that raising slogans, writing tweets, or walking in protests is actually going to make a difference when the only thing that can make a difference is real and tangible changes in our own lifestyles and in the politics we support.”
Najam Interviewed on Science in the Age of Adaptation
Adil Najam argues that mainstream climate research resists giving development the importance it demands in the age of adaptation.
Najam Interviewed by IIASA on Living in the Age of Adaptation
Dean Adil Najam discusses his experience as a Young Scientists Summer Program Fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Najam on Living in “The Age of Adaptation”
Adil Najam says we are living in “the age of adaptation,” where climate uncertainty even bigger danger than climate severity.
Najam on Climate Policy and Adaptation
In a January 8, 2024 long-form interview with Business Recorder, Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and President of WWF-International, shared insights into climate policy and adaptation. Najam emphasized the critical importance of both mitigation and adaptation strategies in addressing climate change effectively. Reflecting on the urgency…
Najam Interviewed on Impacts of Climate Change & Need for Adaptation
“The golden rule is don’t mess with nature. The hubris with which we have not only ignored, but laughed at nature over the last 30 years, is what is having an impact now.”
Najam Discusses COP27 Loss and Damage Fund in “CBC” Interview
In an ideal world, Professor Najam says that the loss and damage fund would be structured so that those countries whose emissions are high pay for the damages done to those whose emissions are low. However, he notes that the fund will likely be funded by voluntary contributions coming not out of a responsibility to address damages done but out of a humanitarian desire to help those in need.
GDP Center Researchers Examine Legal Fees Associated With Climate Adaptation Efforts
The researchers find legal claims from oil and gas investors in response to government actions to limit fossil fuels could reach $340 billion, which would divert critical public finance from essential mitigation and adaptation efforts to the pockets of fossil fuel industry investors.
Najam Interviewed on Funding for Climate Adaptation
Dean Adil Najam discusses why climate adaptation efforts must be seen as an investment — and why past funding mechanisms have failed.
Research Seminar Explores Climate Change Adaptation
Ali Dehlavi speaks at Research Seminar organized by the Pardee Center and Pardee School.
Dean Adil Najam Presents at IDRC on Adaptation Economics
Dean Adil Najam presents his research on climate adaptation in Pakistan, and the emergence of adaptation economics.
Dean Najam’s Essay in WEF 2015 Global Agenda Outlook
Dean Adil Najam contributes to a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), the ‘Outlook on the Global Agenda 2015.’
Adil Najam Delivers the 2024 Broad Lecture at FSU
Dr. Adil Najam delivered the 2024 Broad Lecture at Florida State University on “Climate and Development in the ‘Age of Adaptation’.”
Najam Delivers Oxford Lecture on Climate Change, Islam, and Muslim Societies
Based on the new research Najam has been conducting at Oxford as the Mahatir Mohamad Visiting Fellow, the talk reviewed what the role of religion in general and Islam, in particular, would be in Muslim societies in the “Age of Adaptation” where climate impacts have become a reality.
Najam Keynotes on Law, Justice, and Climate Change in Bhutan
Professor Najam outlined the nature of the global climate change challenge, particularly for developing countries and especially in what he describes as the “Age of Adaptation,” and reflected on the role of law and philanthropy in addressing global climate change, particularly in national and local implications and impacts.
Najam Named Mahatir Mohamad Visiting Fellow at Oxford
Professor Najam plans to work on two research projects during his fellowships: one on elaborating an Islamic vocabulary for environmentalism and particularly for climate change, and another related to elaborating policy pathways for the “Age of Adaptation” and particularly for Loss and Damage climate policy.
Najam Keynotes Australasian Aid Conference 2022
Professor Najam posits that “the onset of climate change fundamentally changes the nature of climate policy and of climate politics, and in the ‘Age of Adaptation’ climate IS development.”
Najam Appeals for Stronger Action on Climate Change
In this interview, Professor Najam argues that the “Age of Adaptation” has arrived and that the world must actively prepare for imminent climate disasters.