Climate Week NYC Event: Too Hot to Fashion?

Katalyst’s Anne Lally faciliated a panel discussion of experts who shared insights on climate impacts on workers, real-world examples of workers living through the climate crisis, and proposed collaborative solutions to strengthen worker resilience and advance a fair transition in the garment industry. Speakers discussed the real impacts climate change is having on workers’ health and safety, income, and livelihoods, and shared proposals to transition the fashion industry to caring for workers and the climate.  

Listen to the panel discussion here.

Speakers include:

Kalpona Akter, Executive Director, Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity

Giuseppe Cioffo, Advocacy Coordinator, Clean Clothes Campaign

Sarah Krasley, Visiting Fellow, Global Labour Institute Cornell University

Anne Lally, Katalyst Chair & Visiting Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame (Faciliator)

Sonia Mistry, Director Climate & Labour Justice, Solidarity Center

Thulsi Narayanasamy, Director of International Advocacy, Worker Rights Consortium

Climate Week NYC Event: Too Hot to Fashion?
Katalyst Initiative