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CafeClima, a new science-based tool for climate-smart coffee replanting investments
Aging coffee trees threaten supply—new data platform helps farmers and investors manage climate risk
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CafeClima, a new science-based tool for climate-smart coffee replanting investments
Aging coffee trees threaten supply—new data platform helps farmers and investors manage climate risk
Key takeaways
- A science-based data platform for climate action. CafeClima is a free web platform that integrates the world’s largest dataset on coffee variety performance with advanced climate modeling to help farmers and funders make data-driven replanting decisions.
- De-risking a $4 billion investment gap. Billions of coffee trees that can endure the climates of the future need to be planted today. Science-based tools like CafeClima can help reduce the risk of urgently required renovation investment.
- Protecting farmer productivity for the long term. By identifying which specific varieties are most likely to thrive in future environments, the tool helps farmers secure their productivity for the next 20 years and avoid the devastating lost time and capital of planting the wrong trees.