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Rodriguez and his research are the vanguard of Starbucks’ efforts to adapt.
羅德里格斯及其研究肩負著為星巴克努力適應氣候變化沖鋒陷陣的重任。
Beginning in 2013, Starbucks decided to invest in growing its footprint in coffee-producing countries.
2013年，星巴克便決定新增投資，擴展其在咖啡生產國的印記。
It now has support centers in nine countries—
到目前為止，該企業的支持中心已經遍布九個國家——
a number Schultz said could triple in the coming years—
舒爾茨說，未來幾年內這一數字還能翻兩倍——
and a 10-year, $500 million investment fund that supports sustainability programs,
該企業還成立一項為期10年，共計5億美元的投資基金，用于支持可持續發展項目，
such as adaptation training for farmers and testing new coffee varieties.
比如對農民進行適應性培訓，測試新的咖啡品種等。
All this work on the ground in Costa Rica may sound obvious.
哥斯達黎加所有這些實地工作看似平淡無奇。
Companies in sectors from energy to technology invest in research and development to better their products.
為了改進產品，從能源到技術，各個領域的企業都在投資研發。
But the coffee behemoth’s focus on local farms represents a seismic shift.
然而，星巴克這家咖啡巨頭聚焦當地農場這一投資角度代表了一次巨變。
Selling coffee to consumers has always been a separate business from growing the beans.
銷售咖啡與種植咖啡豆一直是兩個獨立的行業。
And because an estimated 25 million people farm coffee around the globe,
世界范圍內種植咖啡的人數約為2500萬人，
big coffee companies have typically found suppliers in whichever place experienced a strong harvest that year.
大型咖啡企業通常都會在當年收成好的地方，無論是何地，尋找供應商。
If one country’s yield suffered, the companies simply looked elsewhere.
某一個國家的咖啡產量受到了影響，到其他國家找也一樣。
But with climate change, that supply chain is no longer assured.
然而，隨著氣候變化，這一供應鏈便失去了保障。
Arabica coffee—the variety found at Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s and pretty much every other American retailer—
阿拉比卡咖啡——星巴克、唐恩都樂、麥當勞，幾乎所有美國零售商都有這種咖啡——
grows in a narrow region of the tropics known as the Coffee Belt, which stretches from Central America to sub-Saharan Africa to Asia.
產自所謂的“咖啡帶”，也即熱地地區，從中美洲延伸到撒哈拉以南的非洲再到亞洲的一條狹長走廊。
Conditions must be just right or a harvest is lost.
種植條件必須恰到好處，否則就會歉收。
In the past, some areas occasionally experienced of years because of a bad storm or a temperature fluctuation.
過去，因為惡劣風暴或溫度波動，一些地區偶爾會出現連年歉收的情形。
Researchers say that in the future such challenges will be constant.
研究人員表示，未來，此類挑戰還將持續存在。
Farmers in some regions will be able to adapt by growing at higher elevations, but in others there is nowhere else to go.
一些地區的農民還能換到高海拔地區種植，以此適應氣候變化，另一些地區卻無處可去。
Entire regions risk becoming unable to continue producing Arabica coffee,
屆時，整個地區都將面臨無法繼續出產阿拉比卡咖啡的風險，
and Schultz and others say there’s no way to make the more resilient Robusta variety,
舒爾茨等人還說，耐性更強的羅布斯塔咖啡也將無法出產，
which is sometimes blended with Arabica to make instant coffee, palatable to the broad coffee-drinking public.
有時，人們會將這種咖啡與阿拉比卡咖啡混合起來，制成為廣大咖啡引用人群所接受的速溶咖啡。
Scientists also warn that climate change increases the likelihood of disease, including the dreaded la roya, or stem rust.
科學家還警告說，氣候變化還會增加疾病，包括可怕的葉銹病，即莖銹病爆發的可能性。
That disease cut coffee production in Central America by about 15% in the 2012–13 growing year.
2012 - 2013年度，這種疾病就致使中美洲的咖啡產量縮減了15%。
Due in large part to rust, the price of a pound of coffee for consumers in the U.S. jumped roughly 33% between ’11 and ’13.
2011~2013年間，消費者層面一磅咖啡的單價就上漲了約33%，此次上漲很大程度上都是因為莖銹病。
“Climate change is good,” says William Corrales Cruz, a small-coffee-farm owner in the Costa Rican region of Naranjo.
“氣候變化倒也是件好事，”哥斯達黎加納蘭霍地區種植咖啡的小農威廉·科拉萊斯·克魯茲說。
“If you sell rust.”
“如果你賣的是鐵銹的話?！?/p>
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