8% = Clothing's Claim on the Climate Calamity

I don't care

Mar 06, 2025

∙ Paid

Thank you for permitting me that title. Hmm…Pulp made it onto this pie, but I am not seeing clothing or textiles. Is it there on the right under “Other industry”?

Many reputable sources like the UN, McKinsey and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation give textiles 8% of the blame for the yearly CO2 load.

Now, please, permit me a caveat, a disclaimer and a clarification on this topic.

Fashion is wonderful.

Everyone needs to wear the thing that makes their life go. Everyone should wear the thing that delights them.

I don’t care about cows.

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