Life
02nd Sep 2016
Cathy Donohue
If your morning coffee is an absolute necessity so you actually wake up, (TELL me I’m not alone here), then you’re going to be completely devo by this news.
Spotted on The Telegraph, if things go the way they are, we could be completely out of coffee by 2080.
Lovely news on a Friday.
A recent report conducted by The Climate Institute found that 50 percent of the world’s coffee farming land will no longer be sufficient for plantation by 2050.
Why?
It’s all down to bacterial fungi, pests and the fact that temperatures are increasing constantly.
A fungus called coffee leaf rust has had a terrible effect on crops in Central America.
In 2012, there were losses of ¢500 million and the fungus has since spread to Columbia, where the coffee industry is essential for many livelihoods.
In addition to this, a pest called the coffee berry borer is on the rise in areas such as Mount Kilimanjaro.
Speaking about the research, Jim Hanna, Sustainability Director at Starbucks, said:
“What we are really seeing as a company as we look 10, 20, 30 years down the road, if conditions continue as they are – is a potentially significant risk to our supply chain.
If we sit by and wait until the impacts of climate change are so severe that is impacting our supply chain then that puts us at a greater risk”.
