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Fashion’s Shaky Climate Commitments

At the UN’s COP27 summit, fashion’s chances of achieving lofty climate targets still rest on ‘a leap of faith,’ with the industry just starting to lay the basic foundations required to deliver.
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Fashion executives acknowledged the need for more action to address the industry's contribution to climate change at the UN's annual climate summit. But the path to delivery remains vague. (Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

“We are in the fight of our lives,” said UN secretary general António Guterres at the opening of the world’s most important climate summit this month. “We are losing.”

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