Global employment in the energy sector has risen above its pre-pandemic levels, led by increased hiring in clean energy, the IEA said in its latest report. Global employment in the energy sector has risen above its pre-pandemic levels, led by increased hiring in clean energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest report. In its World Energy Employment Report, the IEA said that the number of energy jobs worldwide has recovered from disruptions due to Covid-19, increasing above its pre-pandemic level of over 65 million people, or around 2 percent of the total labor force. The growth has been driven by hiring in clean energy sectors. The oil and gas sector, meanwhile, saw some of the largest declines in employment at the start of the pandemic and has yet to fully recover. With the recent rebound, clean energy surpassed the 50 percent mark for its share of […]