Adil Najam is Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and served as Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan and as the Director of the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. In addition to Boston University, Prof. Najam has taught at MIT and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development.