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UK tea industry calls for climate targets to protect largest producer Kenya The calls come as a new report from UK charity Christian Aid warned that climate change is forecast to slash Kenya’s optimal tea growing regions by 26% by 2050. Climate change is affecting the world’s four largest tea producing countries: Kenya, China, India and Sri Lanka, the report said. Kenya alone produces half the tea drunk in UK and is the world’s biggest exporter, but the country’s medium level tea growing regions are set to decrease by 39%, according to the charity, as the c...

India, other tea producing nations face climate impacts IANS 5 days ago © IANS India, other tea producing nations face climate impacts New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A new report from the charity Christian Aid on Monday showed that India along with other tea producing nations, are facing a host of climate related impacts such as rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, droughts and new insect infestations. With its crucial role in the global market, the fate of the Indian tea sector has a major effect on tea drinkers around the world. The report shows that Assam, the largest single tea growing r...

The British cuppa is at grave risk from climate change, a report warns. Kenya, which produces half the black tea drunk in Britain, faces more floods, droughts and rising temperatures, Christian Aid says. Beyond ruining the lives of countless tea growers, the report says optimal conditions for Kenyan tea production will be slashed by 26 per cent by 2050.  The traditional British cup of tea is at risk because of climate change, according to a report Richard Koskei, 72, a tea farmer from Kenya’s Western Highlands, said: ‘We cannot predict seasons anymore… if this continues then it will ma...

Tea-growing countries such as Kenya face more erratic rainfall and rising temperatures, a report from Christian Aid warns.

Tea-growing areas to be badly hit if global heating intensifies Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Your morning cup of tea may never taste the same again if global heating increases and the climate crisis intensifies, according to research. Some of the world’s biggest tea-growing areas will be among the worst hit by extreme weather, and their yields are likely to be vastly reduced in the coming decades if climate breakdown continues at its current pace. Floods, droughts, heatwaves and storms are likely to ha...