Country Pavilion @ SA Green Hydrogen Summit 2023 Climate change mitigation and energy security have created the need for alternatives to reduce carbon emissions in hard-to-abate sectors in the face of current and future political tensions. One such alternative is green hydrogen, which is expected to make up 12% of global energy demand by 2050 (IRENA, 2022). South Africa and the Netherlands have expressed interest in developing green hydrogen economies. Green hydrogen is seen as a key component of the Netherlands' carbon-neutral goal of 49% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. As a country highly dependent on coal, South Africa sees green hydrogen as crucial for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors and mitigating climate change and electricity grid stress. The Netherlands pavilion at this year’s South Africa Green Hydrogen Summit serves to continue positioning the Netherlands as a key trade partner in the production and off-take of green hydrogen to the South African market. Since this year’s summit will also have attendees within the Sub Saharan African region, a much wider target audience will be reached. While green hydrogen is a rather nascent sector it is also a rapidly growing sector in an ever competitive global market. Therefore, it is important to continue dialogues and facilitate business opportunities between the Netherlands and South Africa. The pavilion presents a space where these dialogues and B2B matchmaking can take place.The expected outcomes of the South African Green Hydrogen Summit are to further cement existing partnerships between the Netherlands and South Africa as well as identify new partnerships that can advance the green hydrogen vision of both countries.