Fault Lines and Green Lines: the Transition has to Work under Pressure

This article explores the growing connections between food security, fertilizer supply chains, energy security, agricultural productivity, climate action, and sustainable development. Alzbeta Klein, CEO and Director General of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), explains how disruptions to energy markets, trade routes, and fertilizer production can affect global food production, crop yields, food affordability, and farmer livelihoods. The article highlights the importance of low-carbon fertilizers, sustainable agriculture, climate-smart farming, enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, carbon footprint measurement, regenerative agriculture, supply chain resilience, and investment in agricultural innovation. Looking ahead to COP31, it calls for stronger collaboration across the food, energy, agriculture, trade, and finance sectors to build a resilient, low-carbon food system capable of supporting global food security while advancing sustainability goals.