Comment on Global Fertilizer Challenge

"In the UK over 40% of nitrogen fertiliser doesn't make it to crops, but is lost to the air and to rivers. With the price of the key fertiliser ingredient - gas - continuing to rise, farmers can't afford to waste a drop. In Britain this could cost farmers over £1.1 billion extra. Nor can the climate afford this, with fertilisers making up almost 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. We know that these extra farming costs, and climate impacts, cost families too - pushing up UK food bills by over £400 this year.

"Greater fertiliser efficiency - which the US’s Global Fertilizer Challenge is making progress towards, and we’ve seen other countries commit to as well - is a sensible step that can cut farmers’ bills and make sure food and farming get the attention they deserve at COP27. Then, restoring natural soil richness, and switching to low-carbon fertiliser technology, will help cut farmers' bills while helping food production cut its climate impact."

Pawel Kisielewski, CEO CCm Technologies said: “One of the greatest challenges to global decarbonisation is the emissions associated with agriculture, and a huge part of this is fertiliser production. There are now innovations capable of being deployed at commercial scale to tackle this problem. Low carbon fertilisers, like CCm’s, provide a win-win opportunity for Governments to address food insecurity and an over-reliance on gas, while still achieving their net zero targets without having a negative impact on costs for producers and consumers”.