evidence: With worsening climate effects all over the world, all eyes turned to COP27 where global leaders, international organizations, civil society and private sector representatives convened to urgently implement the Paris agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact. Often overlooked as part of the discussions, is the environmental harm caused by the textile and clothing industry. As such, frequently disregarded is the industry’s heavy use of petrochemical products, e.g., polyester, stemming from fossil fuels. "According to the European Commission, the textile and clothing industry in Europe is the third biggest industry in terms of land use. It's got a huge impact on water use that connects, of course, to farming. ", stressed Lily Cole, Climate Activist and Advisor to UNECE, in Sharm el-Sheikh. [...] More than half of the textile and clothing sector’s emissions lie in upstream supply chains "When you look at agriculture, for food as well as for fashion, you see that it's a huge part of the problem we're dealing with today in the climate crisis. If we transform how we use the land through agriculture, both for fashion and for food, we could actually galvanize climate action at an extraordinary pace and scale", Cole highlighted.