Hello everyone, and welcome to launch of the Hydrogen for Development Partnership. We'll start the event in a few minutes. Please stay tuned and submit your comments and questions using the live chat.

You can also join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #ClimateActionWBG and #ESMAP.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

While we wait for the event to begin, learn more about our new partnership: Hydrogen for Development (H4D). The initiative aims to boost the deployment of low-carbon hydrogen in developing countries.

Low-carbon hydrogen is a unique fuel with a high potential to address climate change and development. One of the most promising methods to produce low-carbon hydrogen is to split it from water (H2O) using electricity, a process known as electrolysis. Many developing countries have abundant solar and wind resources and existing scalable renewable energy infrastructure to support electrolysis production.

Learn more about hydrogen and how it can be harnessed in developing countries from our blog: http://wrld.bg/iOeK50LCEy6
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Welcome everyone! I’m Vanessa Ongsysia with the World Bank, and I will be live blogging this event.
On this page, you’ll see a list of speakers participating in today’s discussion. The event will begin with introductory remarks from Demetrios Papathanasiou, World Bank Global Director for Energy and Extractives.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Demetrios underscores the demand for low-carbon hydrogen as energy source with potential in public transportation and industries such as steel manufacturing, commercial airliners, and cargo ships.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

José María Blasco Ruiz, Director of the Infrastructure, Health and ICT Division Export and Investment, ICEX Spain kicks of the discussion by sharing lessons from Spain.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

José María Blasco Ruiz outlined the role of green hydrogen in industrial application and Spain's commitment to utilize green hydrogen as renewable source.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Renewable energy are costly poor are not able to purchase it. fossil fuel are costly due to the its high demand and poor countries low purchasing capacity. what is other cheap energy source that can affordable and low GHGs emissions? zafar abbas
Anonymous Attendee

José María Blasco Ruiz says financing remains critical to ensure collaboration across sectors and countries in advancing policies and solutions to support scale up of green hydrogen.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Priscillah Mabelane, Executive Vice-President of Sasol highlights the role of private sector in green hydrogen production, incubating local knowledge and leveraging existing infrastructure.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Priscillah lists policies around infrastructure development including licensing and standards that can help accelerate production.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Hiroshi Ono, Japan's Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs shares lessons to unlock solutions around low-carbon hydrogen. He adds that an international value chain, global collaboration on technical innovations and standards for safety can benefit countries in their decarbonization goals.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Diego Pardow, Chile's Minister of Energy shares the country's ambition for producing green hydrogen as well as highlights initiatives that ensures a just transition from coal industries.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

That concludes the discussion. Thank you to all who tuned in! If you’ve missed anything, note that the recording of the event is already available on this page.
Vanessa Ongsysia 

Hi everyone - interesting what Sasol is doing - thanks Priscillah for well articulated overview of the country and Sasol
Anonymous Attendee

Learn more about the global partnership: Hydrogen for Development http://wrld.bg/NFJX50LET5X
Vanessa Ongsysia