Whatever the sceptics might say - and there are many, including politicians in countries around the world - coffee growers are convinced that global warming is threatening their crops.
CommonDreams [reproducing Agence French-Presse] reports:
" Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, putting the cash crop at risk.
"There is already evidence of important changes" said Nestor Osorio, head of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), which represents 77 countries that export or import the beans.
"In the last 25 years the temperature has risen half a degree in coffee producing countries, five times more than in the 25 years before," he said.
Sipped by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, coffee is one of the globe's most important commodities, and a major mainstay of exports for countries from Brazil to Indonesia."
CommonDreams [reproducing Agence French-Presse] reports:
" Coffee producers say they are getting hammered by global warming, with higher temperatures forcing growers to move to prized higher ground, putting the cash crop at risk.
"There is already evidence of important changes" said Nestor Osorio, head of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), which represents 77 countries that export or import the beans.
"In the last 25 years the temperature has risen half a degree in coffee producing countries, five times more than in the 25 years before," he said.
Sipped by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, coffee is one of the globe's most important commodities, and a major mainstay of exports for countries from Brazil to Indonesia."
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