The first IRENA Youth Talk, organised in collaboration with the SDG 7 Youth Constituency of the UN Major Group for Children and Youth, was structured under the theme ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the renewable energy sector: a youth perspective’.

Youth representatives discussed the impact and consequences of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the renewable energy sector with IRENA’s Director-General Francesco La Camera. Young people also presented successful examples of their contribution to the deployment of renewable energy in their communities.