Adil Najam

Adil Najam (* in Pakistan) is an American environmental researcher and expert in the field of climate change. He had major share of the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Life

Najam is of Pakistani origin.

Najam is Professor of Global Public Policy, International Relations, Geography and the Environment and Director of the " Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer - Range Future" at Boston University. 2008 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon took him to the United Nations Committee on Development Policy.

Najam is one of the lead authors of the Third and Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (2001 and 2007 published ). He is a frequent commentator on climate change, such as around the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen ( 2009).

Awards

In 2007, the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. The rationale for this is " For their efforts to build up and disseminate knowledge about Greater man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures needed to counteract did are seeking change". In 2009, Najam received one of the highest awards of Pakistan, Sitara -i - Imtiaz Medal ( Star of Excellence ).