'For many of us, coffee is essential.'
No.
A 'daily luxury'.
Yes.
We don't need coffee, but we do need to transform the global food system away from Big Business Agriculture asap.
One thing not suggested, despite the ecological damage: stop drinking it. https://theconversation.com/coffee-heres-the-carbon-cost-of-your-daily-cup-and-how-to-make-it-climate-friendly-152629
No.
A 'daily luxury'.
Yes.
We don't need coffee, but we do need to transform the global food system away from Big Business Agriculture asap.
One thing not suggested, despite the ecological damage: stop drinking it. https://theconversation.com/coffee-heres-the-carbon-cost-of-your-daily-cup-and-how-to-make-it-climate-friendly-152629
This is directed to myself as I haven't yet given coffee up, but I've slashed my intake towards zero drastically over the last 6 months. This month I've started cutting my chocolate intake. I mention this just out of interest and to confirm how serious is the ecological crisis.

That sounds ridiculous reading it back. Or does it? Imperfect communication on the need for both individual and system change and how they go hand in hand... Hopefully you get the idea.
'The extinction risk and conservation priority status of the world’s coffee species are poorly known.
We found that at least 60% of all coffee species are threatened with extinction'. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaav3473
We found that at least 60% of all coffee species are threatened with extinction'. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaav3473