May 2019: At CEM10 (Vancouver Canada), the Hydrogen Initiative was launched to drive international collaboration on policies, programs and projects to accelerate the commercial deployment of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across all sectors of the economy. The initial focus areas are hydrogen within current industrial applications, hydrogen technologies in transport and hydrogen in meeting energy needs of communities. The partnership is led by Canada, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and the European Commission with participation from several other CEM countries.