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Fashion And Textiles: 169 Million Tons Produced By 2030 If Nothing Changes

By Morgane Nyfeler13 novembre 2025

As COP 30 began on Monday in Belém, Brazil, the climate emergency also calls for rapid action to address the environmental impact of the textile industry. To this end, every year, the Textile Exchange Conference brings together all the players in the sector. This year, in Lisbon, Portugal, the theme was ‘Shifting Landscapes’.

More than 1,600 participants attended the Textile Exchange Conference in Lisbon and online from October 14 to 16 (Textile Exchange)

2030

Target: reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated by fiber and raw material production by 45% by then

67%

Of consumers now consider environmental action to be non-negotiable

59%

Share of polyester in global fiber production

In mid-October, Textile Exchange brought together more than 1,600 participants in 30 sessions led by over 70 speakers from the fashion and clothing sectors, as well as finance, academia and engineering.

During the conference, all discussions converged on a clear goal: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to the production of fibers and raw materials by 45% by 2030 (Textile Exchange)

All the discussions converged on a clear ambition: a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from fibre and raw materials production by 2030 – an essential milestone for the sector’s climate alignment with the Paris Agreement to keep global temperatures below 2°C and ideally below 1.5°C.

Yet progress remains slow. Textile Exchange’s 2025 Materials Market Report shows fibre production rising from 125 million tonnes in 2023 to 132 million tonnes in 2024, and potentially reaching 169 million tonnes by 2030 if nothing changes. The most alarming figure is the continued dependence on virgin, fossil-fuel synthetics, with polyester representing 59% of global fibre output. Without scalable textile-to-textile recycling and supply diversification, today’s material reality directly threatens tomorrow’s climate goals.

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