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Money, Power and Conflicts of Interest: Climate Politics Are Coming for Fashion

The UN’s annual COP climate summit ended Wednesday with an agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. The fraught, days-long negotiations to get there point to the challenges facing fashion companies seeking to deliver on these ambitions.
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Delegates applaud on the final day the UN’s COP 28 climate summit, which dragged into overtime amid tense negotiations over a final deal to move away from fossil fuels. (Getty Images)

Last week, Vogue Arabia ran an editorial featuring climate activist Sophia Kianni drenched in slick, black slime. The strapline: “We are literally wearing oil.”

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