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The Institute for Sustainable Communities study was done across three regions of Maharashtra. Its climate analysis predicts a mismatch in rainfall and temperature patterns: soybean, cotton, wheat and gram at risk.

The Institute for Sustainable Communities study was done across three regions of Maharashtra. Its climate analysis predicts a mismatch in rainfall and temperature patterns: soybean, cotton, wheat and gram at risk.

Climate changes can affect half of the global cotton-growing regions by 2040. These regions could be exposed to extreme weather events, changes in rainfall, and high risks from temperature increases

Climate changes can affect half of the global cotton-growing regions by 2040. These regions could be exposed to extreme weather events, changes in rainfall, and high risks from temperature increases

Climate changes can affect half of the global cotton-growing regions by 2040. These regions could be exposed to extreme weather events, changes in rainfall, and high risks from temperature increases

Fashion, retail and textile players widely recognise the need to disrupt the status quo. In a recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, 60 percent of executives picked sustainability as a top strategic priority for their organisation.

Arguably, business as usual in the fashion industry is not sustainable. The industry produces 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions while generating 1-1.5 percent of global GDP.