Calvert and Trillium can certainly find support for their views
among IPCC and Climate Research Unit stalwarts. However, other
scientists, books and reports present a far less alarmist, far
more nature-driven theory of climate change. The absence of
warming since 1998, despite steadily rising CO2 levels, calls
into question the entire manmade global warming/climate
change/climate disruption hypothesis – especially the assertion
that any changes will be catastrophic and can be prevented by
slashing the use of carbon fuels that power the vast majority of
what people make, ship, eat and do. Climate models begin by
assuming that carbon dioxide drives climate change, input rising
atmospheric CO2 projections, and (voila) output a warming
planet. Smucker and its coffee growers should certainly prepare
for any adverse impacts on coffee production, including heat
waves, cold snaps, downpours, droughts, insects and diseases.
Traditional breeding and biotechnology can create new strains
that better survive these threats