Synthetic nitrogen fertilisers ensure high yields in agriculture, but also contribute significantly to climate change. How can their production be decarbonised? What policies can create an enabling environment for the switch to green technologies? And how can the fertiliser industry become a central field of action for the South African-German Energy Partnership? Sibusisiwe Khuzwayo, a chemical engineer from South Africa, is exploring these questions during a one-year fellowship at RIFS as part of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation‘s German Chancellor Fellowship Programme.