H2-diplo Global Team

The global team is responsible for the overall management of the project and the coordination of all activities worldwide.
These include:

  • The preparation of analyses and studies on geopolitical and foreign energy policy related questions of the global energy transition and the international market ramp-up of green hydrogen.
  • The organisation of international dialogue events, like the Future Forum Green Hydrogen, and peer-to-peer exchanges.
  • The cooperation with German embassies worldwide to support their work in the fields of hydrogen and climate foreign policy.

Contact:

Head of Unit Hydrogen Diplomacy / Geopolitics of the Energy Transition
German Federal Foreign Office
Hendrik-Meller
Head of H2-diplo

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

News & Events

A new H2-diplo study explores how integrating feminist foreign policy into global energy governance can drive a more equitable and sustainable transition, ensuring no community is left behind.
At the BMW Foundation Herbet Quandt’s Energy Security Hub accompanying the Munich Security Conference 2025, experts explored the geopolitical implications of the global energy transition and the emerging hydrogen economy, highlighting security risks, industrial competitiveness, and the path to a
Greece is positioning itself in Europe’s hydrogen landscape, with initiatives like H2-diplo fostering green hydrogen discussions at the Thessaloniki International Fair in collaboration with DIPLOMERGY and H2Greece.
A high-ranking half-day event with the German Embassy in Baku shed light on the potential green hydrogen offers for decarbonization and diversification in Azerbajian and how it can take Azerbaijan’s position as an energy exporter into the future.
On May 29, 2024, H2-diplo hosted the second conference in the “Future Forum Green Hydrogen” series at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The in-person event brought together more than 120 experts, diplomats, policymakers and stakeholders from the energy
The 1st Mauritanian-German Green Hydrogen Forum provided impulses for forwarding Mauritania’s national hydrogen agenda by providing a platform for building cross- cutting networks within this nascent industry.

Media Library

Study

Energy Transformation of Fossil Fuel Exporters

Language: English

Study

Towards a green shipping gateway - Establishing a green hydrogen economy in Egypt

Language: English

Study

The structures of the emerging international hydrogen trade

Language: English