Politics and international relations articles from across Nature Portfolio

We have the tools and solutions we need to address shared water challenges in a changing climate; however, we lack the political will to implement them through effective cooperation.

Water solutions across different scales can prevent or mitigate conflict if existing obstacles to their implementation can be overcome so that water can act as catalyst to bring people and communities together to co-create collective solutions for peace.

Urban LGBTQI+ inclusive houses in Bogotá offer a transformative model of care and community building for queer migrants, writes Tyler Valiquette.

A framework for governments to define their domestic energy transition mineral needs, sources, and contributions to the global energy transition can improve domestic policies around the world and enable greater national and global coordination to avoid supply crises and resource conflicts.

An analysis of what happens to post-consumer textiles in nine cities across three continents uncovered remarkable patterns. The growing volumes of textiles bypass waste management systems and are directed towards exports, which externalizes environmental and social costs of the ‘end-of-life’ treatment. Recommendations are made for city governments to improve local circular textile systems.

More than 1,600 multi-stakeholder dialogues were convened in preparation for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021. These dialogues have helped facilitate inclusive explorations of the complex challenges of transforming food systems and accelerate progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.