From Hype to Trust: Building the Rules, Standards, and Safety Protocols for Clean Hydrogen

Clean hydrogen is moving from pilot projects to large-scale deployment, but bottlenecks are no longer only technological – they are regulatory, standardisation, and safety-related. Policymakers, industry, and financiers face fragmented frameworks across countries and regions, slowing investment and cross-border trade. Without harmonised standards, certification schemes, and clear safety protocols, hydrogen risks becoming a patchwork market, undermining cost competitiveness and public trust.

This seminar explores how regulations, standards, and safety interlink and what is needed to build a robust, trusted hydrogen economy. The logical flow is as follows: regulations set the enabling framework, standards ensure interoperability and credibility across borders, and safety builds public trust and operational resilience. Together, they are the triple foundation for scaling clean hydrogen.

Please click here to view the event flyer.

Registration link :  https://indico.un.org/event/1018909/registrations/23553/

The contribution from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) to this event is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office within the project ‘Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: Sustainability Governance in the Hydrogen Sector’ (GET Sustainable Hydrogen).