Joined UfU’s Environmental Law and Participation department in 2012. Deputy Head of Department and Team Leader for Resource Protection since 2020.
Management of national and international projects on climate change mitigation and adaptation, protection of natural resources, soil protection, formal public participation, civil society participation and association participation.
Master’s degree in Environmental Planning at the Technical University of Berlin, specializing in international environmental policy, environmental assessment and landscape planning. Bachelor’s degree in Geography at the Free University of Berlin, specializing in climate and soil protection.
Projects (selection):
Nature-based solutions to strengthen the climate resilience of urban regions in central Vietnam (GreenCityLab Hue), (2019 – 2027)
Energy crop cultivation on abandoned mining sites in Vietnam – continuation (CPEP 2), (2020 – 2025)
Strengthening civil society in the implementation of national climate policy (ZIVIKLI), (2018 – 2024)
Strengthening the voluntary commitment of small and medium-sized environmental and nature conservation associations through digital networking (Association Participation 4.0, (2018 – 2020)
Mobilizing the Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation through Capacity Building among Public Policy Institutions (COBENEFITS), (2017 – 2019)
Urban soil protection, (2015 – 2017)
Dialog Conference: Legal Remedies for Resource Equity, (2014)
Publications:
Müller, Niklas; Nguyen Thi Anh, Tuyet; Dao, Trang; Reck, Arne; Stolpe, Fabian (2025): Requirements for the economic use of energy crops in Vietnam: Manual, Unabhängiges Institut für Umweltfragen. Berlin.
Donges, Larissa, Sperfeld, Franziska, Stolpe, Fabian, Dolinga, Sophie (2024): Civil society participation in climate policy. Scope for action of non-governmental organizations in eight countries. Ökologisches Wirtschaften – Fachzeitschrift, 03-2024, 30-36.
UfU e.V. & Environment.People.Law (EPL) & Center for Environmental Initiatives “Ecoaction” (2024): Civic Space for Participation in Climate Policies in Ukraine – In times of war (Ukrainian/English).
UfU e.V. & Muñoz Ávila, L.; Cifuentes, A. (2024): Civic Space for Participation in Climate Policies in Colombia. Berlin (Spanish/English)
Stolpe, Fabian; Unze, Fabian & Zschiesche, Michael (2024): Flood risks and droughts in rivers and lakes. Brief report on the representation of crisis waters in Germany on behalf of the Bündnis90/Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Bundestag
Reimann, Katharina; Seidel, Theresa; Stolpe, Fabian; Zschiesche, Michael (2024): Study on the evaluation of the Berliner Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Naturschutz (BLN) e. V. with recommendations
Müller, Niklas; Nguyen Thi Anh, Tuyet; Dao, Trang; Reck, Arne; Stolpe, Fabian (2024): Economic viability of large-scale cassava cultivation on a post-mining area for bioethanol production in Vietnam – Feasibility study, Unabhängiges Institut für Umweltfragen. Berlin.
UfU e.V. & Regional Environmental Center for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) ( 2023): Civic space for participation in climate policies in Georgia (Update 2023). Berlin. (English/Georgian)
UfU e.V. & Moldova State University (2023): Civic space for participation in climate policies in the Republic of Moldova. Berlin (English/Romanian)
UfU e.V. & Social Environmental Fund (2023): Civic Space for participation in Climate policies in Kazakhstan. Berlin (English/Russian)
UfU e.V. & Enrique Gabriel Maurtua Konstantinidis, Pablo Rodríguez Somoza, Yasmín Tramannoni (2023): Civic space for participation in climate policies in Argentina. Berlin (English/Spanish)
UfU e.V. & FIMA (2023): Civic space for participation in climate policies in Chile. Berlin (English/Spanish)
UfU e.V. & Asociación La Ruta del Clima (2023): Civic space for participation in climate policies in Costa Rica. Berlin (English/Spanish)
Fabian Stolpe, Thi Binh Minh Hoang, Dac Hoang Long Nguyen (2023): Strengthening climate resilience in the Vietnamese city of Huế – Nature-based solutions to reduce heat stress and improve air quality. Transforming Cities 03-2023. ISSN 2366-7281.
Silvia Schütte, Franziska Wolff, Laura von Vittorelli, Katja Schumacher, Katja Hünecke, Michael Zschiesche, Fabian Stolpe, Lisa Habigt, Jens Newig (2023): Evaluation of public participation – Better planning and approval of environmentally relevant projects through the participation of citizens and environmental associations. UBA Texts | 32/2023. Federal Environment Agency. 175 pages
Müller, Niklas; Stolpe, Fabian; Dao, Trang; Konopatzki, Patrick (2023): Cultivating energy crops on former mining sites: A sustainable option for bioenergy use in Vietnam? – UfU Paper #01/2023 (PDF)Independent Institute for Environmental Issues. Berlin.
Stolpe, Fabian (2022): Promising results from the harvest of cassava grown on post-mining areas as feedstock for bioethanol production. IKI Vietnam Newsletter, Issue 13, April 2022.
Stolpe, Fabian; Hoang, Thi Binh Minh; Wozny, Nicole; Nguyen, Dac Hoang Long; Pham, Thi Anh Thu; Müller, Niklas; Dao, Thi Minh Trang; Vo, Kim Ylan; Scheuer, Sebastian; Nguyen, Ngoc Tung; Nguyen, Phong Canh; Kovac, Sarah (2022): So Tay: GreenCityLabHue: Các giai pháp dua vào thiên nhiên de thích ung khí hau dô thi thi Hue. (Handout: GreenCityLabHue: Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in the city of Hue), https://www.greencitylabhue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FESTART-TAILIEUDUAN-nhe.pdf.
Stolpe, Fabian (2021): Nature-based solutions for climate protection and adaptation in the Vietnamese city of Hue. Ökologisches Wirtschaften – Fachzeitschrift, 36(3), 35-38.
Jessica Jache, Sebastian Scheuer, Fabian Stolpe, Luca Sumfleth, Trang Minh Dao, Thi Binh Minh Hoang, Ylan Vo, Dac Hoang Long Nguyen, Michael Zschiesche, Dagmar Haase (2021). Nature-based Solutions to Strengthen Climate Resilience of Urban Regions in Central Vietnam Final report for the definition phase of the joint research project (PDF)
Donges, Larissa; Stolpe, Fabian; Sperfeld, Franziska; Kovac Sarah (2020): Civic space for participation in climate policies in Colombia, Georgia and Ukraine. Independent Institute for Environmental Issues. UfU-Verlag Berlin. ISBN 978-3-935563-42-0 (PDF)
Sperfeld, Franziska; Kovac, Sarah; Stolpe, Fabian; Helgenberger, Sebastian; Nguyen, Minh Anh & Nagel, Laura (2020): Making the Paris Agreement a success for the planet and the people of Vietnam. Unlocking the co-benefits of decarbonizing Vietnam’s power sector. Cobenefits Policy Report. IASS/UfU/GreenID. Potsdam/Hanoi. (PDF)
Rösler, Kora; Konopatzki, Patrick; Jache, Jessica; Hoang, Thi Binh Minh; Nguyen, Dac Hoang Long; Scheuer, Sebastian; Sumfleth, Luca; Stolpe, Fabian & Haase, Dagmar (2020): Nature-based solutions in the city of Hue. Status Quo Report. Berlin/Hue. (PDF)
Donges, Larissa & Stolpe, Fabian (2019): Access to environmental information – enshrined in law and simplified by digitalization. In: FORUM of Geoecology 30 (2), 2019. S. 10-13
Kovac, Sarah; Sperfeld, Franziska; Ettl, Severin & Stolpe, Fabian (2019): Between climate justice and the implementation of the NDCs. Civil society contributions to climate policy in seven countries. UfU-Paper 1/2019, UfU publishing house. Berlin (PDF)
Zschiesche, Michael & Stolpe, Fabian (2019): Energy crops on mining wastelands. In: Environment Magazine 7/8 2019. VDI Fachmedien. S. 38-39
Stolpe, Fabian & Konopatzki, Patrick (2018): Soil – the city’s natural air conditioning system. In: Knoblauch, Doris & Rupp, Johannes (eds., 2018): Implementing climate protection at municipal level. How climate action can succeed in cities and municipalities. Oekom-Verlag. Munich. ISBN 978-3-96238-005-2
Brömme, Katrin; Mark, Harald; Konopatzki, Patrick; Kovac, Sarah; Stolpe, Fabian; Weiland, Sebastian & Zschiesche, Michael (2018): Cultivation of energy crops on former mining sites on a pilot scale in Vietnam. UfU publishing house. Berlin. ISBN 978-3-935563-40-6
Sperfeld, Franziska & Stolpe, Fabian (2017): Digitalization in association participation – using the potential of rapid coordination and low-threshold involvement of volunteers. In: Recht der Natur-Schnellbrief (RdN) 204. September/October 2017.
Stolpe, Fabian (2017): Conflict over resources. The contribution of civil society to more environmentally and socially compatible raw material extraction. In: UfU Topics and Information. Issue 81. 1/2017.
Stolpe, Fabian (2016): Degraded and contaminated soils in Vietnam – alternative areas for the cultivation of energy crops. In: Politische Ökologie 146: Erdverbunden – Eine neue Politik für unsere Böden – Impulse. Oekom-Verlag. Munich. ISBN: 978-3-86581-761-7
Stolpe, Fabian (2015): Feasibility of the Cultivation of Bioenergy Crops on Contaminated Sites in Vietnam. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Livelihood Development and Sustainable Environmental Management in the Context of Climate Change (LDEM). Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry. Agriculture Publishing House.
Stolpe, Fabian (2015): International resource protection law: Environmentally sound raw material extraction is feasible. In: Umwelt Aktuell 3/2015.
Sperfeld, Franziska; Stolpe, Fabian; Zschiesche, Michael; Zwicker, Julian (2014): Internet-based participation of environmental associations. Legal framework and status quo of e-participation in association participation. UfU publishing house. Berlin.
Stolpe, Fabian (2013): (De)motivation and climate protection. In: UfU Topics and Information. Issue 73/ 74. 1+2/2013.
Stolpe, Fabian (2013): Education and participation in the field of climate protection. A comparison between six countries. UfU Paper 1/2013, UfU-Verlag. Berlin.
Stolpe, Fabian (2013): Survey of the situation of buffer zones. In: Association Justice and Environment 2013: Action 5 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. MilestoneNo. 1: Survey of the situation of bufferzones.
Stolpe, Fabian (2013): Survey of the situation on management of solid waste in small rural settlements. In: Association Justice and Environment 2013: Action 5 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Milestone No. 3: Survey of the situation on management of solid waste in small rural settlements.
Stolpe, Fabian (2013): Survey of the situation on alternative collection and treatment of wastewater in small rural settlements. In: Association Justice and Environment 2013: Action 5 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Milestone No. 4: Survey of the situation on alternative collection and treatment of wastewater in small rural settlements.
Stolpe, Fabian (2012): “Public participation under the Water Framework Directive in Germany” (translated into Croatian: “Ista država – potpuno različiti pristupi sudjelovanju”). In: Zelena akcija 2012: “Najbolji model sudjelovanja javnosti u donošenju planova upravljanja slivovima rijeka” (The best applied model of public participation in the preparation of river basin management plans).
Department
Environmental Law & Participation
M.Sc. Environmental Planning,
B.Sc. Geography
Team Leader | Deputy Head of Department
Phone: 030 4284 993 43
E-Mail: fabian.stolpe@ufu.de