HOW THE COP26 CLIMATE TALKS WILL HOPEFULLY CHANGE THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOR THE BETTER

The first Conference of Parties, or COP, was held in Berlin in 1995. 25 years after the first one, COP26 kicked off on Sunday, Oct. 31, and will end on Friday, Nov 12. 

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COP26 is the most crucial climate summit since the 2015 Paris Climate Accords. So far, we've learned that humanity is badly off track. If we continue at the current rate, climate catastrophes are an inevitable part of our world's not-so-distant future. 

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In 2015, world leaders agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The world needs to almost halve greenhouse gas emissions in the next 8 years to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, which would meet the aspirational goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement. 

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