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- December 13, 2022
Current trends in fashion consumption, in particular fast fashion, cannot be maintained if we aim to achieve a fair and just transition to climate neutrality.
This report:
- Links changes in fashion lifestyles to measurable impacts on climate change, in line with the 1.5-degree target of the Paris Agreement
- Analyses fashion lifestyle carbon footprints in G20 countries
- Establishes an equity-based footprint target for per capita fashion consumption for 2030
- Reveals the extent of inequalities in carbon emission and levels of fashion consumption, by analysing the carbon footprints of different income groups within the G20 countries
- Extends the concept of a fair consumption space to fashion, discussing fashion sufficiency and making quantitative estimates within the available carbon budget for G20 countries
