Jeg har sittet og sett på to-tre saker jeg fant på nettet i noen dager nå, uten å helt vite om jeg skulle skrive om dem og hvordan jeg i så fall skulle ordlegge meg. Det vil være en mild underdrivelse å si at vi mennesker ikke alltid har planeten vår, klimaet, bærekraftighet og fremtidige generasjoner øverst på listen vår, men jeg skal ikke gjøre annet enn å nevne hver av disse sakene og la dem tale for seg selv.

Den første saken heter Coffee Farms Falter as the World Heats Up, og handler om hvordan global oppvarming påvirker jordbruket generelt og kaffeproduksjon i Costa Rica spesielt:

The cool mountains where coffee grows are getting warmer as a result of climate change; and in places like Costa Rica, farms lower down on the mountains are producing less coffee.

This growing season, Costa Rica's coffee production is expected to fall 10 percent, largely because of a fungus called coffee rust, or la roya, which is flourishing in warmer temperatures. The fungus is attacking coffee berries throughout prime coffee-growing regions in Latin America and Africa as well. In addition to the outbreak of fungus, rainfall patterns are changing. And while some farmers are starting to plant coffee higher up on the mountains to take advantage of the temperature shift, at some point, they're going to run out of room.

I artikkelen Cyclone Helen effect: Coffee crop hit in Karnataka kan vi også lese at en god del av årets avling flere steder i India har blitt ødelagt som en følge av ekstremvær:

"About 40 per cent of the fruit on the plant are ready for picking, but the rain has damaged about 10 per cent of it," he said.

"This untimely rain means loss of coffee in terms of quantity and later loss of coffee in terms of quality. Instead of good parchment, which fetches good rates, we may end up getting more cherry, where realisation is low," said Mandana.