We are committed to empowering partner countries to leverage green hydrogen and ammonia for sustainable industrial development - including the fertiliser industry.
At the World Without Hunger Conference in Addis Ababa (November 5-7, 2024), our team hosted a side event on green ammonia and low-carbon fertilizers, highlighting the critical role of sustainable agriculture in ensuring food security across Africa.
Vienna: UNIDO hosted a webinar introducing a joint ISO-UNIDO Guide, designed to clarify the ISO’s Technical Specification for assessing greenhouse gas emissions across the hydrogen value chain, ensuring professionals & policymakers can effectively understand and apply it.
Speakers from partner organization provided their insights on the technical specification and highlighted the value of the Guide:
✅ Petra Schwager (UNIDO):
Brussels: During the European Hydrogen Week, UNIDO and Clean Hydrogen Mission of Mission Innovation signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen collaboration in advancing hydrogen technologies and solutions.
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
✅ 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 & 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 – Identifying and promoting cutting-edge hydrogen technologies.
✅ 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 – Enhancing dialogues between hydrogen pioneer countries and developing countries.
✅ 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 – Creating training materials and organising joint webinars.
Scaling up the production and deployment of low-emission hydrogen and its derivatives is essential to accelerate the global clean energy transition, limit temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and achieve SDG7’s goal of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
Cooperation with universities and the academic community is of paramount importance due to their expertise and research capacities; this collaboration plays an essential role in accelerating the energy and hydrogen transition. We are pleased to partner with Professor Ad van Wijk to present his excellent book: "Green Energy for All: How Hydrogen and Electricity Carry Our Future." We highly recommend this book, which is available as a free PDF for readers, because we believe in the power of knowledge sharing.
UNIDO hosted the fourth session of the Development Dialogue on its Global Partnership for Hydrogen in Industry at its headquarters in Vienna. The event, held in a hybrid format, brought together representatives from Member States, including their Permanent Missions, industries, and other key stakeholders to discuss hydrogen's role in sustainable development.
The global hydrogen economy has the potential to create 20-25 mn jobs by 2050 in hydrogen production and transportation, of which 50% are expected to be created in the emerging markets and developing economies. (Emerging Trade Corridors for hydrogen and its derivatives, Hydrogen Council & McKinsey, 2024)
Background on the Meeting
ISO/TS 19870 is a comprehensive methodology for determining greenhouse gas emissions across the hydrogen value chain, from raw material extraction to the consumption gate. Developed through broad international consensus, it is designed to harmonize and streamline the partial carbon footprint calculation (the GHG emissions of specific segments of the supply chain) for various technology pathways in the hydrogen value chain.
Foz do Iguaçu, 3 October 2024 - The Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and the United Kingdom’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) jointly launched a public Call to identify proposals for Brazilian low-carbon industrial-hydrogen cluster projects.
The UNIDO hydrogen team was pleased to be a supporting partner of the 14th Dii Desert Energy Leadership Summit, joining hands with leaders from the public and private sectors to drive net-zero industrial development and an inclusive hydrogen transition.
UNIDO's Managing Director, Gunther Beger and Petra Schwager, Chief of the Climate and Technology Partnerships Division, attended the summit to share insights into the organization's strategy and experiences from global programs and projects.