The collaboration brings together the elegance of River Café and the grassroots energy of Barista Mtaani, a Kenya Coffee School initiative empowering youth through specialty-coffee training. Their pop-up cart is more than a coffee station — it’s a moving classroom, a youth-powered voice, and a living symbol of what climate action looks like when communities take the lead.

Here, every cup brewed is connected to a farmer, a forest, a soil ecosystem, and a young person who has mastered a skill with purpose. Visitors stop for espresso, but leave with a renewed appreciation for climate-smart farming, ethical sourcing, and Kenya’s vibrant coffee culture.

The cart stands as a reminder that environmental action isn’t only policy and science — sometimes, it is a barista explaining how shade trees protect coffee quality, or how supporting local farmers strengthens resilience for generations to come. It is youth showing the world that sustainability can be creative, inclusive, and delicious.

At UNEA-7, the River Café × Barista Mtaani collaboration proves that small ideas spark big change. A simple coffee cart, powered by passion and knowledge, becomes a bridge between global leaders and the communities who live the climate story every day.

A cup of coffee can start a conversation.
A conversation can ignite action.
And action is how we brew a greener future.