Martina Klimes, PhD

Thematic Lead and Senior Advisor, Climate, Water and Peace

martina.klimes@siwi.org +46 (0) 8 121 360 94

Dr Martina Klimes is Thematic Lead for Shared waters cooperation and Senior Manager and Advisor on Climate, Water, and Peace. With more than 15 years of experience in dialogue facilitation, conflict resolution, and political and security analysis, she has worked across diverse contexts worldwide, combining field-based engagement with informal diplomatic processes. Over the course of her career, she has led dialogues on shared water resources in the Middle East and Central Asia, including Afghanistan. She served on the Scientific Programme Committee of World Water Week from 2019 to 2025, and has designed numerous water diplomacy trainings and authored articles on water diplomacy.

In recent years, her work has focused on advancing understanding of shared climate- and water-related security risks, including the growing role of disinformation in undermining water cooperation. She is also co-editor of the Routledge Water Diplomacy Handbook (2025).