In The Fight Against Climate Change, Chocolate Has A Lot To Answer For
Our love for chocolate seems to grow by the year.
However, the not-so-sweet truth is that to create space for new cocoa farms, the chocolate industry is fueling deforestation at an alarming rate, hitting the accelerator on climate change, destroying native habitats, and leaving a bitter taste in our mouths.
ASSESSING DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE
When biting into a crunchy caramel-filled chocolate candy or savouring the warm aroma from a steaming mug of hot chocolate, many chocolate lovers don’t know where the cocoa ingredients in their chocolates come from, nor the costs that their production can bring on nature and the climate.