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A new report warns that rising sea levels could cause challenges for Asia’s apparel industry. It’s predicted that large apparel-producing areas in Asia will be underwater by 2030, according to Cornell University. In places like Jakarta and Phnom Penh, thousands of garment factories are at risk of flooding or relocation. However, sustainability drivers don’t do enough to address this problem. The Open Apparel Registry, a database of open-source factories, was used for analysis. They compared factory locations with data from the Climate Central think tank on climate change. The data shows that these areas will drop in elevation once a...
