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How Climate Change is Effecting Starbucks
Global climate change is effecting the growth and quality of coffee beans. Starbucks can be greatly effected by this due to their specific type of bean they use for their gourmet coffee. They use Acadia beans which are grown in Mexico, Brazil, and China. These beans need to be grown in a specific climate to grow in, with specific rain fall and temperatures. In Mexico and Brazil, the precipitation and temperature have changed drastically in the last decade. It is estimated the temperature will increase about 1 to 6 degrees Celsius, and rainfall is suppose to increase 15%. This has caused an increase in Hemileia Vastatrix which is a coffee leaf rust. This leaf rust causes the leaf to dry up and fall off the stem, and the fungus carries throughout the plant. This ruins the use of the plant for coffee. This has affected the crop yield and the amount of coffee beans produced. This will lead to Starbucks having a decrease in production of coffee beans and can effect their demand and supply.

Starbucks has been trying to prevent being effected by global climate change and the lack coffee bean production. Starbucks has promised to plant 23 million coffee seedlings in Columbia within 2 and a half years. This can help delay the lack of production in their gourmet coffee beans due to global climate change.