The Associated Press Is Wrong, Coffee Prices Are Not Rising Due to Climate Change
By
Linnea Lueken
May 5, 2025
The Associated Press (AP) claims in a post “Climate change is making coffee more expensive. Tariffs likely will too,” that climate change, in the form of severe weather like drought, is making coffee more expensive by suppressing yields. This is false. There is no evidence that severe weather is getting worse, In fact, coffee production is rising and the AP itself suggests some alternative reasons which are far more likely for any rise in coffee prices.
The AP reports that the destruction of some coffee plants “from heat and drought have cut production forecasts in Brazil and Vietnam, the world’s largest coffee growers.” They do admit that production globally is “still expected to increase, but not as much as commodity market investors had expected.”
Because of this, AP writes, coffee prices have risen.
This is a similar story to one Climate Realism covered back in February, “Sorry, New York Times, Climate Change Isn’t the Cause of High Coffee Prices,” but since the claims are persisting, it is worth revisiting.
https://climaterealism.com/2025/05/the-associated-press-is-wrong-coffee-prices-are-not-rising-due-to-climate-change/
