Green hydrogen windows of opportunity for developing countries

4 - 6 May 2022 7th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.

04/05 Green hydrogen windows of opportunity for developing countries

The side event at the 2022 STI Forum was the first in this series and focused on green hydrogen programs. This side event highlighted policies and programs that will enable countries to exploit a specific green window of opportunity on green hydrogen, so that participants will have a clearer understanding of the wide range of issues that should be considered to develop GWO roadmaps tailored to each countries unique circumstances.

• Moderator: Mr. Clovis Freire, Economist, Science, Technology and ICT Branch, DTL, UNCTAD
• Opening: Ms. Shamika N. Sirimanne, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
• Mr. Alfred Watkins, Founder and CEO of the Global Solutions Summit and a member of the Governing Council of the UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries
• Presentation: Green windows of opportunities, Mr. Rasmus Lema, Associate Professor, UNU-MERIT, co-editor in chief of the journal Innovation and Development and vice-chairman of the Globelics Scientific Board

Panel:

• Mr. Tilman Altenburg, Head of the Department “Sustainable Economic and Social Development” at the German Development Institute (DIE)
• Mr. Mbangiseni Mabudafhasi, Deputy Director, Power, Department of Science and Technology, South Africa
• Mr. Constantino Frate, Coordinator of Green Hydrogen Hub and Public Policies Development, Secretariat of Economic Development and Labor, Government of Ceará, Brazil
• Ms. Winnie Huynh, Founder and CEO of The Green Solutions Group, Viet Nam