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February 21, 2026

More Coffee-Harming Heat Due to Carbon Pollution

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. But it’s getting harder to produce and more expensive to buy.
Extreme weather in global coffee-growing regions has likely contributed to coffee price spikes in recent years.
New analysis from Climate Central shows that climate change added more coffee-harming heat to the world’s coffee-growing regions during 2021-2025, potentially affecting the quality and quantity of recent harvests.
The 25 coffee-growing countries analyzed account for about 97% of global coffee production — and all of them experienced more coffee-harming heat during the past five years because of climate change.
The top five coffee-growing countries, responsible for 75% of the world’s supply, experienced on average 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat annually because of climate change.