Advancing Clean Hydrogen Deployment

About this event

Renewable, clean/zero-emission and low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives can contribute to the achievement of global climate objectives by supporting the integration of renewable energy and the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors, including chemicals, iron and steel, aviation and maritime transport. However, the production and deployment of low-emission hydrogen and its derivatives remain limited, while regulatory, technological, financing and demand-side barriers continue to constrain their scale-up. To support the deployment, Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency launched the COP29 Hydrogen Declaration in Baku as a political initiative to raise ambition, advance consensus and accelerate momentum on scaling up renewable, clean/zero-emission and low-carbon hydrogen production and deployment, while accelerating the decarbonization of existing hydrogen production from unabated fossil fuels. The Declaration brought together national governments and other stakeholders around a shared commitment to facilitate energy transitions and achieve near-zero greenhouse gas emissions from hydrogen production, with particular attention to end-use sectors that are difficult to decarbonize.