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Coffee is impacted by climate change and because Peet's specializes in coffee they are concerned with some of the risk factors that climate change can impose on their business.

Climate Change and Peet's
Peet's Coffee specializes in the production and selling of coffee, however, as the climate is changing, the production of coffee is impacted. Peet's is concerned about climate change because the warmer temperatures are dangerous for their business. For example, the price of the coffee that Peet’s buys from their exporters can fluctuate due to the climate change. An example of an event that can cause these fluctuations, is the weather patterns in the countries that produce the coffee. The rising temperatures and inconsistent weather patterns impact the price that their vendors sell their coffee at because these conditions impact the growth of the coffee, which is a risk factor for Peet’s as a company. Coffee production is being harmed at a rapid rate as the demand and deforestation increases.

However, it is also important to note that coffee can also impact climate change. As the demand for coffee increases so does the demand for sustainable practices in coffee production. For example, the United Kingdom plays a very big role in the production of coffee as they contribute greatly to the consumption of coffee in Europe, and coffee production impacts their greenhouse gas emissions as in contributes to 1.3% of the emissions from the sector regarding food and drinks

Solutions and Research about Climate Change and Coffee
Since Peet's Coffee specializes in gourmet coffee it is important that the company understands how climate change impacts the production of coffee and vise versa. For example, when producing gourmet coffee, such as Coffee Arabica, it is essential that the climate maintains certain temperature and that the perception rates reach a certain amount in order to uphold the quality of the coffee. Peet's specializes in Arabica Coffee, which is a very heat sensitive coffee bean, they need to ensure that they are adapting to this rising temperatures.

An adaption that has been discovered in order to combat the rising temperatures impact on coffee production is moving the coffee production to higher altitudes and replacing the current coffee production areas with products that thrive in warmer temperatures, such as cocoa. However, this is a solution that might not be possible to all because coffee producers do not own all of this land at all different altitudes.

Another practice that is used to help prevent climate change occurring due to the coffee production is having a diversity of trees to shade the coffee beans. By having more trees the coffee beans can benefit from the shade as protection from the rising temperatures. When more trees are planted in the areas where coffee is grown, then the negative impact of daytime air temperature will be reduced. However, this is a very complicated solution as it heavily depends on the availability of water and the characteristics of the soil that is being used.