Mission Hydrogen is a collaboration between Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) exploring the implications of adopting renewable hydrogen at scale. The roles nations might play in a future global hydrogen market – and hydrogen’s impact on overall energy systems, value chains, and sectors for the 2021 G20 in Italy. 

Table of Contents

1. The Geopolitics of Renewable Hydrogen

Authors: Nicola De Blasio & Fridolin Pflugmann Abstract

April 2021 English - Italian

2. China: The Renewable Hydrogen Superpower?

Authors: Nicola De Blasio & Fridolin Pflugmann Abstract

May 2021   English - Italian

3. Sustainable Mobility: Renewable Hydrogen in the Transport Sector

Authors: Nicola De Blasio, Charles Hua & Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez   Abstract

June 2021   English - Italian

4. Renewable Hydrogen Deployment at Scale: The Infrastructure Challenge   

Authors: Nicola De Blasio, Fridolin Pflugmann & Henry Lee Abstract

August 2021 English - Italian

5. The Role of Blockchain in Green Hydrogen Value Chains    

Authors: Nicola De Blasio & Charles Hua Abstract

October 2021 English - Italian

6. The European Union at a Crossroads: Unlocking Renewable Hydrogen’s Potential

Authors: Nicola De Blasio & Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez Abstract

November 2021 English - Italian

7. Green Hydrogen Industrial Value Chains - Geopolitical and Market Implications

Authors: Nicola De Blasio & Laima Eicke

February 2023

8. Think Pink: Nuclear Hydrogen   

Author: Nicola De Blasio & Zul Kapadia

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9. The Future of Plastic Sustainability: Orange Hydrogen   

Author: Nicola De Blasio & Phoebe Fallon

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