TOGETHER FOR CLIMATE-SMART COFFEE

Practical solutions for farms, communities and landscapes.

Climate change is reshaping the world of coffee – from unpredictable seasons and erratic rainfall to rising pest and disease pressure. For 12.4 mio smallholder coffee farming families, these changes are not distant risks but daily realities that shape lives and futures.

This is where the initiative for coffee&climate comes in.

We bring leading coffee companies and development partners together to act collectively towards a climate-smart future for coffee-growing regions.
We work with coffee farming families, local organizations, and scientific partners to co create climate smart solutions that grow from lived experience and local knowledge.

This is climate adaptation rooted in people and in the landscapes where coffee grows.

Explore our methods, resources, and stories – and join us in shaping resilient coffee regions.

Our purpose

We work with smallholder coffee farming families and their communities to strengthen climate resilience in coffee production.

By turning field experience and scientific insight into practical and accessible guidance, we create pathways towards a climate‑smart future.

Have a look at what we do

Mastering the Impacts of Climate Change

Glenda Fuentes and her husband Juan run a coffee farm in the highlands of Ocotepeque, Honduras, where they live with their daughters Mariela and Yanira. Glenda was a 25-year-old farmer when she noticed yellow stains and dark orange spots on their coffee plants: Coffee Leaf Rust. The couple quickly acted: they wiped their entire farm clean and started to replant their coffee trees from zero.

After this shock, Glenda participated in the local c&c climate adaptation training. She learned about climate-smart agricultural practices and was able to transform their farm, which today serves as an example of innovative climate adaptation in their community.

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