Areas of Expertise

• Climate, peace, and security
• Climate migration
• Climate impacts in the Global South and fragile and conflict-affected states
• International climate cooperation
• Climate justice, climate finance

Short Bio

Dr. Abdullah Fahimi is a research fellow in DGAP’s Center for Climate and Foreign Policy where he works on topics related to climate, peace, and security and climate migration with a geographical focus on the Global South, particularly fragile and conflict-affected countries in Asia and Africa. Fahimi’s work informs academic and policy discussions on climate-induced migration, environmental peacebuilding, international cooperation to mitigate and adapt to impacts of climate change, climate-related security risks, and the role of international organizations.

Fahimi has previously worked in the academic sector as a lecturer as well as in governmental and nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan. He is a member of the Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) and the Cluster Transformation of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. 

Fahimi holds a doctorate in political science from Leuphana University Lüneburg where he wrote his dissertation on “International Organizations and Energy Transitions in Afghanistan.” He also earned his master’s degree in public economics, law, and politics in Lüneburg. Before that, Fahimi completed a bachelor’s degree at Goa University in Goa, India.

Languages

German, English, Persian/Farsi, Hindi (intermediate)

[Last updated: September 2025]