Challenges TO ADD TO A CAFFEINE FIX
Climate change is reshaping the caffeine market, with far-reaching implications for both producers and consumers. Governments, international agencies, and big coffee businesses need to organize efforts to help coffee farmers adapt.
This includes funding research and development of climate-resilient espresso varieties, providing farmers with financial and technical support, encouraging practices like intercropping under shelter trees, and developing system to regulate water resources more effectively.
Users may also play a role. Supporting responsible coffee brands and promoting stronger climate plans are small but significant ways.
Even people who do n’t drink coffee can help mitigate climate change by pressuring governments to adopt stronger climate mitigation policies, using public transport, reducing single-use plastics and buying energy-efficient products.
It’s time to reevaluate our day routine and acknowledge the intricate interplay between the various elements that make up caffeine. Climate change threatens more than just our coffee fix – it endangers incomes, economies, and a respected global custom. Before our espresso cups run clean, action must be taken right away.
Thang Nam Do is a Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy and the Australian National University’s Institute for Climate, Energy, and Hazard Remedies in the Asia-Pacific Grand Challenge Program. This criticism first appeared on East Asia Forum.