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Najam Joins Discussion on COP30 and the Future of Climate Action for BBC World Service

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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…

Tagged: Adil Najam, Climate, Climate Action, climate advocacy, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Climate Policy, COP, COP30, Dean Adil Najam, international relations

Heine on Brazil’s Renewed Foreign Policy Under President Lula

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Professor Jorge Heine examined Brazil’s growing influence in the Global South and its implementation of active non-alignment (ANA).

Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, beijing, Brazil, Brazil the BRICS and Active Non-Alignment, Brazil-China, BRICS, CEBRI-Journal, China, Climate Change, COP30, developing nations, Foreign Policy, G20 Summit, gaza, Global Security, Global South, Health, international relations, israel, Jorge Heine, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Russia - Ukraine, São Paulo, The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition, trade and investment, U.S.-China, UN Security Council, washington

Najam Discusses Vatican’s Climate Activism Under the New Pope

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Prof. Najam talks about Pope Francis’s climate advocacy and how Pope Leo is expected to embody it in a BBC podcast.

Tagged: Adil Najam, BBC, Belém, Brazil, Climate, Climate Action, climate activism, climate advocacy, COP30, earth and environment, ecology, electric vehicle, Environment, international relations, Laudato Si', Peru, Pope Francis, Pope Leo, solar energy, St. Francis of Assisi, The Climate Question, Vatican

Heine Says Latin America-China Ties Will Withstand U.S. Pressure

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In a letter to the FT editor, Heine argued that the Latin America-China ties will thrive despite U.S. pressure.

Tagged: beijing, Bilateral Cooperation, Brazil, BRICS, CELAC, Chile, China, China-CELAC Forum, Colombia, COP30, Financial Times, Gabriel Boric, Gustavo Petro, Jorge Heine, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Multilateralism, tariff war, trade, Trade Policies, Xi Jingping