100% of profits help mitigate future floods and other climate-related disasters
The Situation
Why is this important?
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHOCOLATE
The People's Chocolate of Cameroon is a nonprofit organization formed in February 2025 in Cameroon as a retail brand of quality cocoa and chocolate that will donate 100% of its profits to help the people of Cameroon to recover from the devastation of floods and devastation and help prepare them for future severe weather.
A volunteer board of directors will seek partner organizations and individuals to help bring awareness of climate change in Cameroon and provide funding to alleviate the suffering of farmers and those most affected by the disasters and to support efforts to prepare them for, and mitigate, future weather events which are growing in frequency and severity.
THE SITUATION
The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of the planet. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss the brief, rapidly closing window to secure a livable future.
That is the warning issued by the highest international authority, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations.
Cameroon is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Rising sea levels, higher temperatures, and increased frequency of extreme weather events can cause floods, landslides, and erosion that pollute water resources, damage infrastructure, destroy crops, and lead to loss of lives and livelihoods.
About 50 severe weather catastrophes hit every year. These and other extreme climate change phenomena intensify due to sustained global emissions and bring havoc to people, nature, agriculture, economy, and infrastructure.
CACAO FARMING IN CAMEROON
Climate change significantly impacts cacao farming by causing increased temperatures, irregular rainfall patterns, and more frequent droughts, leading to reduced yields, increased pest and disease outbreaks, and potential loss of suitable growing areas, particularly in the cacao-producing region of Cameroon, putting a strain on the livelihoods of cacao farmers.
With increasing temperatures and more severe periods of drought and rainfall, cacao farmers are struggling to produce the yields they need to supply chocolate's main ingredient. In Cameroon, farmers in the cacao-growing hotspot of Littoral are increasingly confronting this reality.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2024?
Heavy rainfall hammered Cameroon in 2024, triggering landslides and causing floods. Well over 2 million people have been harshly affected. Over 500,000 families' lives, across five regions in Cameroon have been disrupted. Nearly 300,000 remain displaced. Many have lost everything.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
Besides activism and large-scale global efforts to curb climate change by political action with policy changes, there are things that can be done locally to mitigate the damage of floods and drought in Cameroon, such as planting shade trees can help regulate temperature and humidity levels, and by and implementing efficient irrigation practices, creating a more favorable environment for cacao trees. Also, developing climate-resilient cacao varieties is possible, and doing research and development of cacao cultivars with higher tolerance to extreme weather conditions. Plus, implementing practices like agroforestry to enhance soil health and biodiversity.
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SOLUTIONS
These and other nature-based solutions leverage the intrinsic abilities of natural river systems to deliver climate resilience at a lower cost than traditional infrastructure development while minimizing negative environmental and social impacts. The approach is science-based and follows the principles of participatory water resources management. Solutions also include planting mangroves, restoring wetlands, and building bioswales.
HOW WILL THE PEOPLE’S CHOCOLATE OF CAMEROON HELP?
Every penny of profit from the sale of chocolate and other products produced by The People’s Chocolate of Cameroon will be used to relieve the suffering of those Cacao farmers who have been the most impacted as well as working with sister organizations to communicate the problems that climate change is causing. Such projects as the nature-based solution listed above will be a focal point of the organization and other initiatives to alleviate, protect, and mitigate the future disasters caused by severe weather.