Over the past two years, there has been significant and sustained growth in the development and execution of hydrogen projects throughout the entire value chain. Simultaneously, there has been a notable increase in public policies and legislative initiatives designed to streamline the adoption of hydrogen across various regions within the UNECE region. However, governments and industry stakeholders now confront an unprecedented challenge: to expedite and scale up real-world deployment of hydrogen to meet our global climate objectives, in alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement.