Parliamentary actions to scale up renewable investments in post-COVID times – the 2021 IRENA Legislators Forum
January 21, 2021
The 6th IRENA Legislators Forum took place virtually on 13th January 2021 and hosted more than 170 participants from 65 countries. Participants convened to discuss how to build back better, creating more resilient societies through the promotion of renewable energy. As Moroccan MP Ibtissame Azzaoui pointed out, recovery packages, set up to combat the COVID19-induced economic downturns, give an “unprecedented opportunity to shift investment into renewable energy to rebuild better”. The Director of IRENA’s Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre, Rabia Ferroukhi, layed out that a just transition – besides being the economically most promising way forward – holds many social
