High temperature, climatic changes to affect coffee output

A study by International Coffee Organisation reveals that small coffee growers are most vulnerable to climate change and unable to meet emerging challenges

Changing climatic conditions and rising global temperatures is likely to affect world coffee production in the coming years. The threat is significantly higher in arabica coffee, which requires specific ecological and meteorological conditions in order to produce quality beans, said the International Coffee Organisation (ICO).

Arabica coffee requires an optimum mean temperature range of 15 to 23 degrees Celsius. "A sustained rise in global temperatures could severely reduce the available growing regions for coffee. Other climatic factors can also negatively affect productivity, including rainfall, soil composition and frequency of pest and disease infestations," ICO said in its latest report.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/rising-global-temperatures-threaten-world-coffee-production-114031200365_1.html

EU's domestic-only climate proposal reflects global stalemate

(Reuters) - The European Union had little choice in proposing not to outsource more of its emission cuts abroad to meet a 2030 target because the slow pace of global talks to develop new carbon markets gave it nothing to buy, a senior EU official said.

The European Commission in January proposed cutting the bloc's greenhouse gas output by 40 percent under 1990 levels entirely from reductions made within the 28-nation EU unless a global climate change agreement requires it to deepen the goal.

Juergen Lefevere, a senior official at the Commission - the EU's executive arm - insisted the bloc was willing to open up its carbon market but was restricted by a lack of reform at international

level.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/us-un-carbon-idUKBREA2B1TC20140312

New Working Paper: Corporate Influence in the Post-2015 Process

http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/252-the-millenium-development-goals/52572-new-working-paper-corporate-influence-in-the-post-2015-process.html

GLOBAL WARMING AND SHRINKING FOOD BIODIVERSITY

A new study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington has revealed a global trend of crop standardisation. This has raised concerns regarding the pliability of the food chain, in that more people are dependent on fewer choices, increasing the risk of widespread harvest failures following on increased global warming.

The PNAS reports that a team of scientists believe that overemphasis on food calories, protein, fat, and weight has led to proliferation of globally important cereal and oil crops, and a corresponding reduction in the quantity of other cereal, oil, and starchy root species. This has the effect of skewing demand on countries where these grow well, to the detriment of agricultural populations elsewhere

http://www.greenfudge.org/2014/03/14/global-warming-and-shrinking-food-biodiversity/

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