This repository contains data for the main text figures plus some supplementary figures in the article:\textlessbr\textgreater Kikstra et al 2021 Nat. Energy. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00904-8 This dataset should be cited as: Kikstra et al. (2021). Data for climate mitigation scenarios with persistent COVID-19 related energy demand changes. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5211169 In order to reproduce the figures, one needs to use the script that is available on GitHub at:\textlessbr\textgreater https://github.com/iiasa/covid-energy-demand-scenarios The most accessible way of exploring the scenario data behind this article would be to go to https://data.ece.iiasa.ac.at/engage/#/workspaces/60.\textlessbr\textgreater This goes to a web tool hosted by the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) which provides access to a database of these and more variables of interest, defined for each scenario on the detail of MESSAGE regions, with a few example workspaces available within the ENGAGE Scenario Explorer.\textlessbr\textgreater The Scenario Explorer is a versatile open access tool to browse, visualize and download data and results. Users can freely create a private workspace where customized plots can be saved and shared.\textlessbr\textgreater For tutorials on how to use the Scenario Explorer, please visit https://software.ece.iiasa.ac.at/ixmp-server/tutorials.html. The scenarios that were used for the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C warming (SR1.5) have been made available at https://data.ece.iiasa.ac.at/iamc-1.5c-explorer/.