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Fynn Kaltenpoth

Fynn Kaltenpoth is a Consultant in adelphi's Climate Diplomacy and Security programme, working at the intersection of environmental affairs, responsible business conduct, and peace in fragile and high-risk contexts. He brings experience advising private sector actors, governments, and peacebuilding organisations on conflict- and climate-sensitive engagement, monitoring and evaluation, risk management, and mediation support. His work spans field-level engagement and high-level policy advisory: from supporting conflict- and climate-sensitive recovery in Syria to advising development banks on environmental and social risk management across Sub-Saharan Africa and accompanying political lobbying processes. He has also worked on mediation processes ranging from community-level resource disputes and corporate human rights cases to formal national peace negotiations.

Publications

Syria Conflict Prevention assessment

Prioritising Conflict Prevention in Syria’s Recovery: Integrating Climate and Environment for Peace

Syria Conflict Prevention assessment

A window for conflict-preventive recovery in Syria has opened, but climate change threatens to close it. The fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 has created a rare opportunity to rebuild Syria on more just and resilient foundations. Yet rising temperatures, deepening droughts and growing resource scarcity are not waiting for reconstruction plans to catch up. Unless climate and environmental realities are placed at the heart of recovery planning now, Syria risks entrenching pathways that deepen fragility rather than prevent conflict.