Climate Change Limits Coffee Production

The fifth largest coffee producing country, Ethiopia, is predicted to lose 60% of their coffee bean production due to climate change by the end of this century. This is because of low rain fall levels and higher temperatures. The higher temperatures can also damage the taste of coffee because it causes the bean to ripen too quickly. The demand for coffee is supposed to double by 2050 while the suitable farming land for coffee beans continues to decrease. This will not only affect coffee lovers around the world, it will seriously damage Ethiopia's economy and employment rates because 16% of their population makes a living working for the coffee industry.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/world/coffee-climate-change-trnd/index.html

Comments

  1. Mrs. JohnsonFebruary 12, 2018 at 8:28 AM

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2018 at 4:50 AM

    wow, this is terrible. I hope the global shortage of coffee beans opens the public's eyes to climate change and how it affects the environment and our lives.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2018 at 7:03 AM

    I hope this opens up peoples eyes so they can realize how bad we are hurting the environment, I know i need my coffee, so does my mom. Hopefully they get this straightened out.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2018 at 7:40 AM

    If this can't open eyes to people or the starving of polar bears or the glaciers melting. I never know what will. Coffee is life to many people, so I hope things can begin to change soon.

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  5. chrheaFebruary 13, 2018 at 4:25 PM

    So... do you think that coffee is important enough that governments will put a price cap on it???

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 5:10 AM

    Wow! Climate change is effecting so many countries around the world, yet, people still do not believe it's real. What will it take for them to realize that there needs to be a change!? As a lover for coffee and the environment, this inspires me to try to change the course of how our environment is turning out.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 5:12 AM

    This is not good, especially for the people of Ethiopia! Hopefully this does not actually happen, maybe the climate change will change for the better and flip this situation.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 9:20 AM

    Noooo, I like Dunkin too much!!! If this isn't another wake up call to the world about climate change, then I don't know what is. This is going to affect the economy AND the environment.

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