ESMAP REPORT LAUNCH | Key Insights from Social Licensing to Operate (SLO) in Renewable Energy Projects: Applying Lessons to Clean Hydrogen Development | September 9, 2025 @9am (EDT)

Join the ESMAP webinar for the launch of the collaboratively produced report: Key Insights from Social Licensing to Operate (SLO) in Renewable Energy Projects: Applying Lessons to Clean Hydrogen Development.

As the race to deploy 10 GW of electrolysis capacity in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries (EMDCs) intensifies, securing a Social License to Operate (SLO) emerges as a make-or-break factor for project success.

In this virtual session, participants will explore how trust, community engagement, and equitable benefit-sharing are shaping the future of renewable hydrogen in emerging markets. Drawing on lessons from hydropower and wind megaprojects, this session will unpack the social, political, and market dimensions of acceptance—and what developers, investors, and policymakers must do to accelerate large-scale, sustainable deployment across the hydrogen value chain.

Opening Remarks	Presenter	Moderator

Chandrasekar Govindarajalu Practice Manager ESMAP	Carolina Lopez Rocha Energy Specialist ESMAP World Bank	Monica Gasca Rojas Former President Asociación Hidrogeno Colombia and Co-Chair of H4D Work Stream 4
Discussants

Andrea Guati Rojo Stakeholder Relationship Manager Ammonia Energy Association	Juan Giraldo Technical Advisor Asociación Hidrogeno Colombia	Simran Sinha Program Officer Green Hydrogen Organization	Constanza Meneses Santa Cruz Program Coordinator H2LAC

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