March 4, 2026
Climate change is reshaping the world’s coffee origins—altering suitability, shifting disease pressures, and raising real business risks for companies that depend on stable supply. Renovation and replanting (R&R) investments are essential—but costly, long-horizon, and often made with limited forward-looking data. As a result, risk and uncertainty continue to slow investment at the moment it’s most needed.
This webinar brings together climate scientists, breeders, and industry leaders to show how climate intelligence can reduce risk and enable smarter renovation decisions. Experts from CIAT and WCR will share what climate models and field data reveal about future production risk—and why variety choice and genetics are powerful, yet underused, levers for climate adaptation. The discussion will be grounded in real-world investment decisions. Experts from TechnoServe will outline the business case for renovation and its role in regenerative agriculture. We will also hear a buyer’s perspective, sharing how coffee companies assess renovation risk and why de-risking tools are essential to scaling action.
Participants will also get a first look at CafeClima, a new decision-support platform that integrates climate modeling with real-world variety performance data—offering a practical way to choose better-adapted varieties and strengthen replanting strategies.
Speakers
- Christian Bunn, CIAT
- Santos Barrera, WCR
- Paul Stewart, TechnoServe
- Nadia Hoarau-Mwaura, JDE Peet’s
- Hanna Neuschwander, WCR