Cotton: Transforming Lives and Nurturing the Planet for Global

The importance of the cotton plant in the fashion industry in tackling climate change is often under a shadow. Not many are aware that it takes planet-warming gases out of our atmosphere and sequesters them in its biomass, giving it a net negative carbon footprint. As Mumbai gears up for the opening of the International Cotton Advisory Committee’s 81st Plenary Meeting, 2–5 December, learn more about this wonder raw material. 

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