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Global Value Chains and Climate Change

Reconfiguring the Garment and Textile Industries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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As the global garment and textile industries grapple with the urgent challenge of climate change, their value chains are undergoing a profound transformation. This groundbreaking book brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to examine how climate change is reshaping these industries.The book delves into the key drivers and obstacles influencing climate change mitigation and adaptation, linking these processes to economic, social, and environmental upgrading. With a strong regional focus on South Asia—particularly Bangladesh, one of the world’s largest garment-exporting nations—it explores how global decarbonization efforts intersect with local realities, presenting both challenges and opportunities. The book offers a nuanced analysis of emissions management, regulatory frameworks, and policy responses, integrating diverse viewpoints from brands, suppliers, workers, and policymakers.Blending theoretical insights with rich empirical evidence, Global Value Chains and Climate Change illuminates how climate action is not just a constraint but also a catalyst for economic, social, and environmental transformation in global value chains. This book is an essential read for students and scholars in management, international business, climate policy, environmental science, and development studies. It will also serve as an invaluable resource for policymakers, industry leaders, and practitioners seeking to navigate the evolving landscape of sustainability transitions in the wider context of global trade.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-09-05
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Horizons in International Business series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035310951

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ContentsPreface xvi1 Introduction to the intersection of climate change and garment GVCs 1Peter Lund-ThomsenPART I Theoretical and conceptual foundations2 Conceptualizing global value chain governance in the era of climate change 18Peter Lund-Thomsen3 Taking climate action: measuring carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia 33Samantha Sharpe, Elsa Dominish and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez4 Global value chains and climate change governance: garment producers’ futures 59Rachel Alexander and Mohammad Harunur Rashid BhuyanPART II Experiences of climate change in production countries5 The impact of temperature on productivity and labour supply: evidence from Indian manufacturing 85E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan, Anant Sudarshan and Meenu TewariPART III Local solutions to global climate challenges6 Global recycling networks in the context of climate change: ecologically unequal exchange and divergent governance paths 142Peter Lund-Thomsen, Uzma Rehman and Gary Gereffi PART IV Looking towards the future 7 Garment and textile recycling in Bangladesh 172 Rumi Akter and Rachel Alexander 8 Climate change and slow fashion in Bangladesh 198 Sabrina Nourin, Muntaqa N. B. Hakim, Afshana Choudhury, Rachel Alexander and Peter Lund-Thomsen 9 Global value chains and climate change: findings, research and policy implications 213 Peter Lund-Thomsen

‘This book provides critical insights into garment global value chains and climate change. It examines how mitigation and adaptation strategies are shaped by buyer-supplier power imbalances, with trade-offs between economic, environmental and social upgrading. Vulnerable suppliers and workers often experiencing more adverse impacts. This is essential reading for all striving for climate justice in the global South.’