Hayrapet Hakobyan

Since 2020, Hayrapet Hakobyan has served as an in-country facilitator in Armenia through the NDC Partnership. In this role, he has supported the design and implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS), developed the NDC Online Tool, mobilized resources from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the European Investment Bank (EIB). and bilateral donors and guided government officials on project pipeline development and climate finance tracking. He has also contributed to national positions at COP and Subsidiary Body (SB) sessions, providing direct inputs to Armenia’s climate diplomacy. Previously, he served as a Climate Advisor to the Minister of Environment, and was a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Consultant on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
Hayrapet holds an MS in economics and policy of energy and the environment from University College London. His academic foundation is complemented by deep involvement in the intergovernmental process by serving, inter alia, as a PCCB Member, an IPCC National Focal Point in Armenia and an Advisor to a GCF Board Member representing Eastern Europe.

This position is supported by PAF.