This paper discusses how Namibia can participate and benefit from global decarbonisation efforts. It is intended to inform and contribute to rational and fact-based deliberations on the many issues, challenges, and opportunities for green hydrogen production in Namibia. Discovered in 1766, hydrogen is once again on the lips of many. Internationally, hydrogen enjoys renewed and often intense interest. In Namibia too, recent pronouncements seem almost overly exuberant when hydrogen and its seemingly limitless potentials are discussed. Whether many of the often-hyped expectations relating to hydrogen translate to tangible actions remains to be seen. There is a growing realisation that manmade contributions to climate change are a serious global challenge. To date, 191 countries have committed to the 2015 Paris Agreement, obligating signatories to initiate activities to limit this century’s temperature rise to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Several countries have developed action plans to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, or before. Rapid decarbonisation of all economic activities is essential if internationally agreed climate goals are to be achieved. Replacing fossil fuels by carbon-free energy sources is one of the key measures to lower carbon emissions. Central to the drive towards decarbonisation is that atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are substantially reduced. While the Covid-19 pandemic reduced global GHG emissions by some 8.8 % in the first six months of 2020, relative to the same period in 2019, long-term GHG emissions reductions require fundamental changes to how energy is produced, transported, stored, and consumed. Such a transformation is expected to affect the socio-economic realities of most countries.