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The c&c approach is a five-step process that enables coffee farmers to effectively respond to climate change. It involves a systematic risk assessment at the farm level and identifying and implementing individual suitable adaptation options.

Step 1: Setting the scene gives an overview of how relevant climate change is for the local living and working environment of the farmer.

Step 2: Assessment of challenges creates an understanding of the impacts of climate change on the farmer’s livelihood and their coffee production and identifies individual suitable adaptation options.

Step 3: Adaptation planning prioritizes adaptation options and structures their implementation.

Step 4: Validation and implementation facilitates the implementation of the selected adaptation measures and their validation on a small scale before they are disseminated to benefit more farmers.

Step 5: Systematization monitors and evaluates the progress, results, and lessons learned. This step builds the foundation to restart the cyclical process as it provides the lessons and evidence on which to base future adaptation approaches. In addition, the climate is continuously changing, which means adaptation efforts need to be continuously revised.