Amid pandemic, renewable jobs globally reached 12 million: IRENA

Amid Covid-19 pandemic, renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021.

The report was released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at a high-level opening of IRENA’s collaborative framework on Just and Inclusive Transitions, co-facilitated by the US and South Africa.