why is climate change a problem?
The initiative for coffee&climate (c&c) addresses an urgent topic in coffee production:
Climate change is affecting smallholder coffee farming families and the future of our morning cup of coffee. c&c develops and implements climate change coping strategies to support smallholders to adapt to climate change and to increase the climate resilience of entire coffee landscapes. It is a program of public and private partners supporting the coffee sector by generating practical and location specific solutions in a participatory approach. Coffee production needs to get climate smart – now.
climate risk
Rising temperatures, erratic and extreme rainfall, greenhouse gasses, people abandoning their coffee farms, loss of important coffee origins – climate change is more than just a problem, it is putting at risk the future of the entire coffee sector.
climate impacts
The impacts are a reality for the world’s 12.4 million smallholder coffee farming families. For most, coffee is their main or only source of income, and entire regions depend upon the viability of coffee as a cash crop. Changing weather patterns including prolonged dry spells, water shortage, hailstorms and changes in seasons have a strong impact on coffee production, especially as most of the smallholder families depend on rainfed agriculture.
start acting
As part of coffee&climate, the coffee industry can act to secure smallholder families’ livelihoods and the cup of morning coffee!
latest blog posts
Climate Heroes: How Rukim Makes Biochar into a Climate-Smart Business
From Husk to Dust: Making Biochar into a Business It all started with the love of motorbikes. A group of young men, all with modified old machines would come together to hang out, drive around the village paths, talk, and make plans for the evening. Rukim, one of the...
“The Coffee Sector Must Join Forces”: Missed Wake-Up Call Webinar Emphasizes Urgency to Act Against Climate Change
“Stop hitting snooze! The alarm clock is ringing!” – Climate change impacts coffee-growing regions more than expected. It requires immediate action. This is the clear message given by climate scientist Dr. Peter Baker and Stefan Ruge, Program Manager Climate at Hanns...
Webinar “Missed Wake-Up Call: The Coffee Industry and the Impacts of Climate Change”
Join our webinar!Stop hitting snooze! The alarm clock is ringing! Join us on Wednesday, March 30, at 3:00 p.m. CEST for our webinar: "Missed Wake-Up Call: The Coffee Industry and the Impacts of Climate Change". The impacts of climate change on coffee production are...
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local trainers
households reached to improve gender equality
smallholder coffee farming households
Strengthening national and local institutions and implementers. Through a “Training Of Trainer” format, we qualify third parties to implement coffee&climate practices.
coffee&climate promotes gender equality in coffee households and producer communities together with climate change adaptation practices.
Through our coffee&climate training on climate smart agriculture practices, we support farmers to increase their adaptive capacity to climate change.
status februrary 2021
MEMBERS OF THE initiative for coffee&climate
Since then, various other members have joined the initiative.
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