Najam Joins Discussion on COP30 and the Future of Climate Action for BBC World Service
On Monday, November 24, 2025, Professor Adil Najam, global President of WWF and the inaugural Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and Earth and Environment at the Pardee School, spoke to The Climate Question podcast, a series by BBC World Service. He was joined by David Victor, Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Public Policy…
Najam Speaks at the 10th Anniversary Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Professor Adil Najam spoke about gender and development for an AIIB special seminar in Beijing, China.
Najam Criticizes COP29 Climate Finance Deal as “Tiny” and “Shocking”
Professor Adil Najam sharply criticized the $300 billion climate finance pledge made at COP29, calling it inadequate for supporting developing nations. He emphasized the importance of actual emissions cuts and expressed disappointment with the lack of meaningful progress in climate negotiations.
Gallagher Comments on African Climate Summit
On September 6, 2023, Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was featured on France24 to comment on the reforms being discussed at the annual African Climate Summit, which aims to support green development on the African continent for the world’s…
Najam Comments on New IPCC Climate Report
“The new IPCC report is only one more piece in a series of evidence that highlights the fact that for a very large number of people climate change is a challenge that is here and now.”
GDP Center Launches National Climate Funds Tracker
The first-of-its-kind NCF Tracker identifies 46 funds across 39 countries, showing how these funds vary by host country, legal design, scope, mobilized finance, and the level of success in attracting resources from multilateral climate funds.
Gallagher Publishes Op-Ed on Global Energy Financing
“Without private financial institutions buying into defunding coal energy production, we will not meet our global climate and development goals.”
Gallagher OpEd on Climate Finance for Latin America
For Latin America to meet its climate change goals, it will need to scale up development finance for low carbon growth, says Gallagher.