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Laurie Parsons, Lecturer in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London

What your T-shirt reveals about 'carbon colonialism' and the global economy's vast hidden emissions

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Where does your T-shirt come from? It’s a question that apparently can be answered with an awkward neck twist and a glance at the label. But the real answer is way more complex.

Even producing a single T-shirt relies on coordinating an array of interconnected supply chains, usually spanning multiple nations. This globalised system is a marvel of human ingenuity and logistics.

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