“Climate change threatens the world’s coffee production. Coffee is in trouble and so are the farmer families who grow it.”
Since 2010, the initiative for coffee&climate (c&c) implements its vision to enable coffee farmers worldwide to adapt to climate change. Not only to save your daily cup of coffee, but also the operations of coffee farmers worldwide. With current commitments of coffee companies and public partners farming families will benefit from c&c activities. We work in the field together with smallholder coffee farmers, their families and communities, and local partners in a precompetitive way.
latest blog posts
Climate Heroes: Elieza and Meliha’s Climate-smart Solutions
Aside from its beautiful hilly landscapes, waterfalls, flora, and fauna, the Mbeya region is known for being the breadbasket of Tanzania. The southern highlands of the country have enough rainfall and fertile soil that enables almost effortless growth of coffee...
Communities of Practice: Fostering Knowledge and Exchange of Learnings
Climate change is intensifying and is putting the future of the entire coffee sector at risk. Researchers estimate that over the course of 30 years, roughly half of the land used to grow coffee will decrease and will no longer be suitable for coffee production. With...
The Coffee of Tomorrow
Morris and his wife Erize Mwashirindi have been growing Arabica coffee in Southern Tanzania for decades since Morris inherited his father’s land. Although Southern Tanzania experiences only one rainy season in the year, the rainfall can be quite heavy and prolonged....
where we work
Brazil
Tanzania
Guatemala
Honduras
quick facts
local trainers
community adaptation plans
smallholder coffee farming households by 2019
Strengthening national and local institutions and implementers. Through a “Training Of Trainer” format, we qualify third parties to implement coffee&climate practices.
coffee&climate supported 31 community adaptation plans, which were facilitated and are being implemented.
Through our coffee&climate training on climate smart agriculture practices, we support farmers to increase their resilience to climate change.
status july 2019
members of the initiative for coffee&climate
c&c was started in 2010 as a public-private partnership by important coffee companies and development
Since then, various other members have joined the initiative.
funding partners
founding members
implementing partner
