Adil Najam
@adilnajam.bsky.social
President, WWF International.
Dean Emeritus & Professor, Pardee School, Boston University.
Former Vice Chancellor, LUMS (Pakistan).
All posts personal.
https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/adil-najam/
Dean Emeritus & Professor, Pardee School, Boston University.
Former Vice Chancellor, LUMS (Pakistan).
All posts personal.
https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/adil-najam/
A full house, and getting fuller, at #BU2025 #Commencement.
A beautiful day to send beautiful wishes to graduates @bupardeeschool.bsky.social,
all of @bostonu.bsky.social, and beyond!
A beautiful day to send beautiful wishes to graduates @bupardeeschool.bsky.social,
all of @bostonu.bsky.social, and beyond!
May 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A full house, and getting fuller, at #BU2025 #Commencement.
A beautiful day to send beautiful wishes to graduates @bupardeeschool.bsky.social,
all of @bostonu.bsky.social, and beyond!
A beautiful day to send beautiful wishes to graduates @bupardeeschool.bsky.social,
all of @bostonu.bsky.social, and beyond!
#RIP #AgaKhan A life well lived.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
In education, in health, in development, in the arts and architecture, and in much more, he used the resources entrusted to him to bring bring dignity and empowerment to so many.
Thank you, #AgaKhan.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
In education, in health, in development, in the arts and architecture, and in much more, he used the resources entrusted to him to bring bring dignity and empowerment to so many.
Thank you, #AgaKhan.
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The #TarriffWars of 2025.
We cannot say how what was unraveled this weekend will eventually sort itself out. But, of this we can be sure: What was, will not be.
Every country, every company, that trades, is drawing up contingency plans right now: Who to sell to, to buy from, what, how and when.
We cannot say how what was unraveled this weekend will eventually sort itself out. But, of this we can be sure: What was, will not be.
Every country, every company, that trades, is drawing up contingency plans right now: Who to sell to, to buy from, what, how and when.
February 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The #TarriffWars of 2025.
We cannot say how what was unraveled this weekend will eventually sort itself out. But, of this we can be sure: What was, will not be.
Every country, every company, that trades, is drawing up contingency plans right now: Who to sell to, to buy from, what, how and when.
We cannot say how what was unraveled this weekend will eventually sort itself out. But, of this we can be sure: What was, will not be.
Every country, every company, that trades, is drawing up contingency plans right now: Who to sell to, to buy from, what, how and when.
As a new semester begins @BUPardeeSchool, ready & eager to go off and teach my first class.
Few things as magical as that ‘new class’ feeling: to be amongst the enthusiasms of the young, to explore together, and, if lucky, to discover.
Teaching classes on #SustainableDevelopment & #NGOmanagement.
Few things as magical as that ‘new class’ feeling: to be amongst the enthusiasms of the young, to explore together, and, if lucky, to discover.
Teaching classes on #SustainableDevelopment & #NGOmanagement.
January 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
As a new semester begins @BUPardeeSchool, ready & eager to go off and teach my first class.
Few things as magical as that ‘new class’ feeling: to be amongst the enthusiasms of the young, to explore together, and, if lucky, to discover.
Teaching classes on #SustainableDevelopment & #NGOmanagement.
Few things as magical as that ‘new class’ feeling: to be amongst the enthusiasms of the young, to explore together, and, if lucky, to discover.
Teaching classes on #SustainableDevelopment & #NGOmanagement.
Thoughts on my way back from #Davos #WEF25 on early morning flight to make it to my class:
When so many people (me included) are trying so hard to find reason for hope, to make a case for optimism; well, things must really be bad.
Time, I argued, for introspection; step up on action, not rhetoric.
When so many people (me included) are trying so hard to find reason for hope, to make a case for optimism; well, things must really be bad.
Time, I argued, for introspection; step up on action, not rhetoric.
January 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Reposted by Adil Najam
A moment to appreciate the mohawk on this Adélie penguin.
#PenguinAwarenessDay
#PenguinAwarenessDay
January 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A moment to appreciate the mohawk on this Adélie penguin.
#PenguinAwarenessDay
#PenguinAwarenessDay
A rather depressing thought, on which I very much hope I am wrong:
The two great 'wins' of the early 21st century for the global environment - the #ParisAccords and #SDGs - are both unravelling before our eyes. Both based on the mistaken principle of "commitments without consequence".
The two great 'wins' of the early 21st century for the global environment - the #ParisAccords and #SDGs - are both unravelling before our eyes. Both based on the mistaken principle of "commitments without consequence".
January 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A rather depressing thought, on which I very much hope I am wrong:
The two great 'wins' of the early 21st century for the global environment - the #ParisAccords and #SDGs - are both unravelling before our eyes. Both based on the mistaken principle of "commitments without consequence".
The two great 'wins' of the early 21st century for the global environment - the #ParisAccords and #SDGs - are both unravelling before our eyes. Both based on the mistaken principle of "commitments without consequence".
Days from Trumps's second inauguration, let's not forget that he is the first person since Roosevelt to have totally defined, dominated and, in many ways, decided THREE U.S. elections in a row.
Here is something I wrote in 2020. It seems to have aged well enough, I think.
www.dawn.com/news/1590458
Here is something I wrote in 2020. It seems to have aged well enough, I think.
www.dawn.com/news/1590458
THE ANGST OF AMERICA
It has become commonplace to describe America as divided. But the recent US elections have made clear the inadequacy of that word.
www.dawn.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Days from Trumps's second inauguration, let's not forget that he is the first person since Roosevelt to have totally defined, dominated and, in many ways, decided THREE U.S. elections in a row.
Here is something I wrote in 2020. It seems to have aged well enough, I think.
www.dawn.com/news/1590458
Here is something I wrote in 2020. It seems to have aged well enough, I think.
www.dawn.com/news/1590458
At some point we will have to confront the reality that the #ParisClimateAccord framework of “commitment without consequence” that we were in such a hurry to celebrate may have less to show for itself than we expected.
theconversation.com/paris-agreem...
theconversation.com/paris-agreem...
Paris Agreement on climate change: the good, the bad, and the ugly
The Paris climate summit was historic as a political achievement but it’s not clear how and when the hard problems of emission cuts and climate finance get tackled.
theconversation.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
At some point we will have to confront the reality that the #ParisClimateAccord framework of “commitment without consequence” that we were in such a hurry to celebrate may have less to show for itself than we expected.
theconversation.com/paris-agreem...
theconversation.com/paris-agreem...
Reposted by Adil Najam
Southern Africa is in the midst of its worst drought in at least a century, with 27 million people affected and 21 million children suffering from malnutrition, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
‘I have lost everything’: southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought
Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Southern Africa is in the midst of its worst drought in at least a century, with 27 million people affected and 21 million children suffering from malnutrition, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
SCHOLAR’S PRAYER
Shield me from
the sins of arrogance.
Spare me
the scourge of certitude.
Bestow on me curiosity,
the excitement of learning,
a respect for the learned.
Grant me patience
with those who know not
what they do not know.
Give others the humor
to be patient with myself.
Shield me from
the sins of arrogance.
Spare me
the scourge of certitude.
Bestow on me curiosity,
the excitement of learning,
a respect for the learned.
Grant me patience
with those who know not
what they do not know.
Give others the humor
to be patient with myself.
January 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
SCHOLAR’S PRAYER
Shield me from
the sins of arrogance.
Spare me
the scourge of certitude.
Bestow on me curiosity,
the excitement of learning,
a respect for the learned.
Grant me patience
with those who know not
what they do not know.
Give others the humor
to be patient with myself.
Shield me from
the sins of arrogance.
Spare me
the scourge of certitude.
Bestow on me curiosity,
the excitement of learning,
a respect for the learned.
Grant me patience
with those who know not
what they do not know.
Give others the humor
to be patient with myself.