The Issues: Energy

To reach the Paris Climate Agreement target of holding planetary temperatures at 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, the global community must achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050. 

Fashion’s contribution to carbon emissions

If the fashion industry were a country, it would be the sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, behind China, the USA, the European Union, India and Russia. In fact, the emissions it creates are equivalent to 372 million cars driving for one year, ac…

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