coffee&climate was founded in 2010 by the shareholders of International Coffee Partners (ICP) together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). 

Phase I (2010-2016) focused on development, piloting and evaluation of the c&c approach and methodology.

Phase II (2016-2019) focused on upscaling the initiative in the pilot countries and expanding the c&c network.

Phase III (2020-2023) focuses on promoting climate resilient livelihoods and minimizing carbon emissions while enhancing the carbon storage potential in coffee farms and coffee landscapes. 

Phase IV (2024-2028) focuses on the evaluation of coffee-based agroforestry production systems and promotion of territorial climate approaches.

The initiative for coffee&climate offers membership opportunities to develop climate smart coffee production further, to strengthen the resilience of smallholder coffee farming families and to benefit from the knowledge of the coffee sector or to match the SDG Agenda as public or private donor organization. 

The initiative has been coordinated and implemented by Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) since its inception in 2010.  

International Coffee Partners (ICP) is one of the driving forces behind the initiative for coffee&climate (c&c). ICP is a pre-competitive partnership of seven leading European family-owned coffee companies. With c&c, ICP established a network of partners that drive the needed change together.