Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- A global rights group has called on fashion brands, suppliers, and governments to act now to tackle the risks associated with rising temperatures in garment factories around the world.

In its new report titled "Heat and Garment Workers' Rights - Fashioning a Just Transition", Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) says as global temperatures rise from climate change, so do the risks of illness, harassment, and wage theft faced by 72 million fashion workers in factories - many of them women, migrants, and home workers.

The garment industry is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of heat as production is often concentrated in regions already exposed to increased temperatures, according to the report published on October 15.

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