[3] In 2022, Adil Najam stepped down after eight years as the founding Dean of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.

In recognition of his services the University conferred on his the status of Dean Emeritus and also established the "Adil Najam Prize and Fellowship for Advancing the Public Understanding of Global Affairs".

He has also served as the Chair of the Boards of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), of LEAD-Pakistan, and of the Luc Hoffmann Institute.

[20][21] Adil Najam was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Information Technology University (ITU) in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2017, for his contributions in science, climate change, and sustainable development.

"Najam served as a lead author for the third and fourth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).