Dr. Florian Krampe

Climate Security Strategist | Keynote Speaker | Strategic Advisor

We are attempting to solve 21st-century volatility with 20th-century assumptions.

The Physics of Security Have Changed. Has Your Strategy?

Dr. Florian Krampe provides the strategic foresight organizations need to navigate the collision of climate change, geopolitical instability, and human security.

Moving beyond standard ESG compliance, Dr. Krampe advises the UN Security Council, NATO, and global corporations on the Pathways of Climate Insecurity. He helps leaders see around corners, revealing the hard operational risks that will define the next decade of global markets.

Dr. Krampe offers clear, data-backed frameworks to help governments, boards, and C-Suites identify blind spots, govern through uncertainty, and secure their assets in a warming world.

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Expert Speaking Topics & Keynotes

The Asset Defense

The Fortress on Quicksand: The Investment Paradox of the 2030s

Global military and infrastructure spending has reached record highs ($2.7tn), yet we are building these fortresses on a geophysical baseline that is liquefying. Dr. Krampe exposes the “Blind Spots” in modern risk modeling—from sonar-deflecting oceans to buckling supply chain hubs. He demonstrates why “Actor-Based Security” (defense) fails without “System-Based Security” (climate resilience).

Takeaway: A hard-nosed risk audit. Leaders leave with a diagnostic framework to identify “Stranded Assets” in their own portfolios before the market corrects.

Perfect For: Investment Summits, Re-Insurance Forums, Corporate Risk Boards.

Strategic Foresight & Geopolitics

The Security Imperative: Why Climate is No Longer Just an Environmental Issue

Most organizations view climate change through the lens of compliance or reputation. Dr. Krampe flips the script to view it through the lens of hard security and geopolitical risk. This talk maps the “Pathways of Climate Insecurity,” demonstrating how environmental shifts are actively reshaping supply chains, border security, and state stability.

Takeaway: Move beyond “saving the planet” to “securing the organization.” Leaders leave with a geopolitical risk map for the next 5–10 years and a framework for integrating climate intelligence into high-level strategy.

Operational Risk & Market Resilience

The New Risk Equation: Turning Social License into Strategic Armor

In today’s interconnected markets, a factory shutdown isn’t caused by a machine failure, but by a community protest over water. A supply chain collapses not from a logistical error, but from local resource scarcity. This is the new reality of Operational Risk. Dr. Krampe uses forensic case studies to show how “community-embedded resilience” is the most effective form of risk management available.

Takeaway: A pragmatic guide to protecting assets and investments by solving the “human” side of the climate equation.

Leadership & Adaptive Governance

Governing the Ungovernable: Leadership in an Age of Poly-Crisis

We are attempting to solve 21st-century problems with 20th-century institutions. When the rules of the game are changing faster than the laws can keep up, how do you lead? Drawing on his “Governance-First” research—and the concept of the “Boomerang Effect,” where well-meaning technical fixes backfire—Dr. Krampe explores how resilient organizations build their own internal governance structures.

Takeaway: A challenge to standard management thinking, offering a blueprint for “adaptive governance” that prevents expensive strategic backfires and empowers teams to act with autonomy when the external context is in flux.

Special Session

The Invisible Infrastructure of Peace: Finding Cooperation in a Broken World

The Soča River, with its turquoise waters carving through the Julian Alps, offers a striking paradox: breathtaking beauty set against a history of brutal trench warfare. Drawing on this powerful imagery from the bunkers of the Soča River to the boardrooms of the UN, Dr. Krampe reveals a counter-intuitive truth: Cooperation is more common than conflict, even when the world burns.

The Value: This is not a soft talk. It is a psychological deep-dive into Trust Architecture. Dr. Krampe deconstructs how enemies cooperate over water and energy, offering a masterclass in negotiation and bridge-building for fractured times.

Takeaway: A lyrical, urgent, and deeply human talk about the psychological and political work of building trust. It moves beyond technical fixes to offer a blueprint for executive clarity and agency for leaders navigating crisis.

Read the Essay: “Echoes in the Current” — The strategic framework behind this keynote, originally published for the Bled Strategic Forum.

What You Get – Proven Impact & Authority

Independent Authority Insights grounded in world-class, peer-reviewed research from SIPRI—one of the world’s most respected global security think tanks. No trends, no buzzwords, just data.

Strategic Foresight The ability to distinguish between temporary noise and foundational shifts. Dr. Krampe helps you prepare for the risks that haven’t hit the headlines yet (“seeing around the corner”).

Actionable Intelligence Dr. Krampe connects abstract global risks—from geopolitics to climate science—directly to your organization’s decision-making process.

Global Reach Dr. Krampe regularly delivers keynotes at global forums including the UN, TEDx, DLD (Digital-Life-Design), and the Bled Strategic Forum, as well as the We Are Family Foundation.

His research has been featured in international media, including: