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(Abebe’s concern and climate change)
Abebe, a 15-year-old boy, is concerned about his future. His family cultivates coffee in southern Ethiopia. Although his family can make a living by producing specialty coffee at the moment, their harvest continues to decrease year by year due to abnormal climate.
While Abebe began to plant trees around his village with neighbors to respond to climate change, he doubts whether it will be useful to the coffee production of his family.
Indeed, Arabica coffee is sensitive to temperature; while it grows well at temperature of 15-24, coffee beans become rotten at high temperature. According to a botanical institute, climate change will diminish the arable land for Arabica coffee by 80 percent in 2080. Moreover, if the global temperature rises 2 degrees more than the current level, Arabica coffee may become extinct.
UN Climate Change News, 14 May 2021 - The Virtual Thematic Sessions of the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2021 (LACCW2021) are wrapping up.
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 5:19 am
UN Climate Change News, 14 May 2021 -
The Virtual Thematic Sessions of the Latin America and the
Caribbean Climate Week 2021 (LACCW2021) are wrapping up
today, providing important momentum for a successful UN
Climate Change Conference COP26 in November in
Glasgow.
Momentum came from more than 5,000 registered
attendees joining in the conversation, including from the
host Government of the Dominican Republic, governments at
all levels, private sector leaders, academic experts and
engaged stakeholders.
The virtual sessions saw 83
events and close to 100 hours of live presentations and
discussions, with around 300 speakers, in collaboration with
more than 30 global and regional
organizations.