Armenia

Overview

Armenia submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2017, revised first NDC in 2021 and most recently submitted its NDC 3.0 in 2026. The country commits to and economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of 44% unconditionally and 52% conditional on international support by 2035, relative to 1990 levels.

Its mitigation priorities include scaling renewable energy, reducing emissions from industrial processes, expanding electric mobility, promoting climate-smart agriculture and livestock management and increasing carbon removals through afforestation, reforestation and sustainable land management.

Its adaptation priorities include strengthening water security and climate resilient irrigation, enhancing food security and agricultural resilience, climate resilient urban planning and infrastructure, strengthening health systems, protecting ecosystems and restoring degraded lands.

The NDC 3.0 development process was led by the Ministry of Environment.

Knowledge

Timeline of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Document Submissions

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Climate Commitments

Partnership Engagement

Membership: member since 2018
Country Engagement: Since joining the NDC Partnership, Armenia has requested support related to:
- Designing and improving policies, strategies, plans and legislation
- Mainstreaming NDCs into national planning and budgeting
- Improving the quality and ambition of the NDCs
- Improving coordination and a whole-of-society approach
- Strengthening monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems
- Delivering capacity building and knowledge products
- Preparing NDC-related projects and pipeline for investments; mobilizing financial resources for NDC investment projects
- Engaging the private sector in NDC implementation
- Developing a Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS)

With UNDP support through the NDC Partnership, Armenia developed an NDC Implementation Plan with the support of UNDP. In addition, partners have supported various activities, including the NDC enhancement process through the Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP), mainstreaming climate considerations in post-COVID-19 recovery through the Economic Advisory Initiative and to the financial system through the Greening the Central Bank Initiative.

UNDP supported the NDC 3.0 process through the NDC Partnership.

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