Coffee and climate change

Updated: Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Nicaraguan coffee farmers brew fresh plans after hurricanes wreck harvests

In the Jinotega region, a co-operative is helping small coffee producers diversify crops and find sustainable ways to keep up incomes as rising heat, storms and disease harm harvests

Landmark project to help Peru coffee farmers combat climate change
Four coffee co-operatives in Peru will be trained in sustainable farming, learning about the best use of organic fertiliser and robust seeds By Anastasia Moloney | Tue, 29 Jan 2019
Costa Rica struggles to sell insurance to climate-hit farmers
Many farmers see insurance as an unnecessary cost, with the state often bailing them out when they lose crops to extreme weather By Sebastian Rodriguez | Thu, 21 Feb 2019
Caffeine high? Climate-hit Ethiopia shifts coffee uphill
As climate change brings warmer temperatures and more drought, Ethiopia's prized coffee production is under threat By Elias Gebreselassie | Mon, 4 Jun 2018
Indonesian geothermal project energises women coffee growers
The coffee-growing communities have a matrilineal culture with women playing a key role in society and property passed to the eldest daughter. By Michael Taylor | Wed, 31 Oct 2018
Coffee-fuelled buses to disco soup: 5 quirky uses of waste in 2017
From poo power to plastic bottle building blocks By Inna Lazareva | Fri, 22 Dec 2017
Full of beans - coffee grounds to help power London's buses
A new biofuel, which contains part coffee oil, is being added to the London bus fuel supply chain where it can be used without the need for modification By Reuters | Mon, 20 Nov 2017
interview Falling coffee prices mean falling forests - US coffee czar
On a warming planet, prices could experience further "peaks and valleys" By Sebastien Malo | Thu, 9 May 2019
Climate-hit Central American coffee growers get a taste for cocoa
For coffee producers at low altitudes, climate shifts have brought drought and disease, pushing them to plant cocoa By Nelson Renteria | Wed, 24 Aug 2016
Beetles threaten Ugandan coffee crop
Shrinking forest cover and climate change are creating conditions for the destructive black twig borer beetle By Reuters | Wed, 10 Aug 2016
Climate change threatens your cup of coffee as soon as 2020
Despite rising demand for coffee, growing it is getting harder, suggesting shortages lie ahead By Megan Rowling | Wed, 2 Jul 2014
Climate change brews coffee disease disaster in C. America
A rust-coloured fungus has wiped out coffee crops, jobs and wages across the region, with production loss estimated at $250 million By Anastasia Moloney | Tue, 4 Mar 2014
In Kenya, farmers abandon coffee for thirsty bananas
As middle-men reduce the profits from coffee, some farmers are turning to growing bananas, even though their need for water may make them less than climate-smart By Isaiah Esipisu | Sun, 30 Mar 2014
Metal coffee drying tables save forests in Kenya's highlands
A share of Kenya’s Fairtrade-certified coffee farms are abandoning traditional wooden coffee drying tables – and in the process protecting threatened highland forests By Pius Sawa | Tue, 21 Jan 2014
New coffee study a wake-up call for billion-dollar industry
Gourmet Arabica would be significantly hit by a 2 degree temperature rise and rainfall changes, researchers find By Georgina Smith | Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Coffee lovers and farmers will be hurt by warming planet
"There's more at stake here than my nice espresso" By Alex Whiting | Mon, 11 Sep 2017
Taboo coffee gets reappraisal amid climate, market changes
With warmer temperatures and disease threatening arabica production, Costa Rica is looking back to robusta By Reuters | Fri, 7 Oct 2016
Cabbages trump coffee for Tanzania's climate-stressed farmers
Higher temperatures and erratic rainfall push farmers to swap coffee and cotton for more lucrative horticulture By Kizito Makoye | Mon, 18 May 2015
Coffee insurance cuts bitterness of bad weather for Kenyan farmers
Insurance is helping Kenya's farmers stick with coffee - a good money maker - as growing it becomes more difficult By Kagondu Njagi | Fri, 18 Jul 2014
The coffee farmers betting on blockchain to boost business
Technology is helping Ethiopian coffee farmers keep as much of the profit as possible at home By Thin Lei Win | Mon, 18 Feb 2019
Coffee production slipping in Tanzania as temperatures rise
Without effective adaptation efforts, production could halve by 2060, study says By Kizito Makoye | Mon, 27 Apr 2015