Prioritising Conflict Prevention in Syria’s Recovery: Integrating Climate and Environment for Peace
Publisher: Weathering Risk, adelphi
Author(s): Fynn Kaltenpoth, Josephine Collier, Janani Vivekananda, and Emma Whitaker
Date: 2026
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Prevention
Countries: Syrian Arab Republic
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.