How clean energy transitions can help kick-start economies (IEA commentary)

Dan Jørgensen, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, and Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2015, comment on the challenges and chances for clean energy transitions after the Covid-19 pandemic. To ensure meaningful progress on clean energy use, they identified (1) an ambitious agenda setting for job creation and climate change goals, (2) the leadership of the public sector on investing in clean energy and (3) a turn to energy efficiency, renewables and battery storages as central aspects of economic recovery plans. To read the full commentary, refer to the IEA website.