Today, the Government of Armenia approved the GHG Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions Development Strategy of the Republic of Armenia (until 2050).

On 30 October, the national workshop “Stop and reflect ahead of COP28: National Annual Stock-take of NDC Implementation Progress”

A workshop on “Issues of the climate change Measurement, Reporting and Verification system under The Paris Agreement: Energy Sector” took place on November 23.

On 21st of November, the national workshop on the Draft Climate Law of the Republic of Armenia, took place under EU4Climate project.

On 16 November the closing event of EU4Climate project, funded by the EU and implemented by UNDP, took place in Brussels.

Alaverdi, 23 June 2023 - The summary event of the "My Green Alaverdi" youth idea competition, organized as part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, took place at the "Green Camp" in Poqr Ayrum village, Alaverdi community.

On June 9, within the framework of the 58th session of the Subsidiary Bodies (June 5-15) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the event “With LT-LEDS Insights towards Concluding the first Global Stocktaking” organized by the initiative of Armenia, took place in Bonn, Germany.

In the period of June 5 and 7, within the EU funded “EU4Climate” project, implemented by UNDP in Armenia, the online sessions of “Alaverdi towards Clean Energy Transition” awareness campaign” were held for Alaverdi community youth, to mark the World Environment Day.

On April 26, a regional workshop on climate mainstreaming activities in the EaP countries, with provision of recommendations for energy and agriculture sectors, was held in Brussels, Belgium, within “EU4Climate” project.

On 4 April, a regional workshop dedicated to national adaptation strategies and plans was held within the EU funded “EU4Climate” project in Warsaw.

On 3rd of February in the frames of UNDP “Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia” project a thematic meeting on "Parliamentary Action on Climate Change" was held in the National Assembly of Armenia, with the participation of NA parliamentarians and members of Committees, and representatives from the Ministry of Environment and United Nations Development Programme in Armenia.

On November 29-30, the joint regional conference of "Covenant of Mayors" and the "EU4Climate" EU-UNDP project was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, to mark the 10th anniversary of the EU Covenant of Mayors in the Eastern Partnership region.

n the frames of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a side event was held by the United Nations Development Programme, where a Comparative analysis on developing “Long-Term Climate Strategies in the EU Eastern Partnership countries” was presented, highlighting countries’ progress made on their low emission development pathways 

On 30 August, the representatives of “EU4Climate” project, that is funded by the EU and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme, participated in "Climate Budgeting" workshop

On 26 May a national workshop was held to discuss the preliminary findings of the study “Development of NDC Financing Strategy and Investment Plan”, carried out under “EU4Climate” project, that is funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP in Armenia.

On June 28, a national online workshop themed “Roadmap for the Development of a Functional National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory System - Problems Encountered” was organized in the frames of “EU4Climate” project, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP in Armenia.

For the celebration of World Environment Day 2022, an event in the context of #OnlyOneEarth global campaign, aiming to call for collective, transformative actions to protect and restore our planet, has been organized under the “EU4Climate” project.

On 11-12 May, the workshop on “Roadmap for the development of a functional National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory System” took place within “EU4Climate” project, that gathered together around 80 participants, including representatives of EaP countries’ governments, Environment Agency Austria (EAA), DG NEAR and DG CLIMA, UNDP, as well as practitioners and experts of the field.

On 21 December, as part of a national workshop, the draft National Program on Energy Saving and Renewable Energy for 2022-2030, developed under the “EU4Climate” EU-UNDP regional project, was presented and discussed with stakeholders.

Within the EU4Climate project, a study was developed on “NDCs preparation and implementation in Eastern Partnership countries” about the national pledges of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine under the Paris Agreement.

On October 14, the summary of findings and recommendations proposed during the series of seminars titled “The role of private sector in implementation of Armenia’s NDC Partnership Plan” were presented to the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Ministry of Environment and implementing donor organizations.

On 29 September, a wide spectrum of issues related to the regulatory framework for promoting green finance practices and increasing internal capacities of intermediary financial institutions were discussed during the seminar with the participation of leading banks, non-banking financial institutions, investment funds and business angel networks, organized by UNDP Armenia.

On the 30th of August, a workshop dedicated to drafting of the "Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation Plan" took place within the “EU4Climate” project, that is funded by European Union (EU investment: EUR 8 million) and implemented by United Nations Development Programme

A wide range of issues related to the policy enabling environment, favorable financial instruments and technological advancement necessary to boost development of the “new energy” sector of Armenia were discussed during the seminar with the participation of state agencies, private sector and independent experts organized by the support of UNDP Armenia and funding of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Government of Germany (BMZ).

On July 23, a national workshop was held on the results of the assessment of potential for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, which is part of Armenia's long-term low-emissions development strategy.

For realization of Armenia’s climate agenda, “EU4climate” project intervenes in a number of directions, including energy, environment, renewable resources, sustainable agriculture, etc. and builds on policies to regulate relevant actions towards increasing the realization of Armenia’s climate ambitions.

A national workshop dedicated to presenting the study for assessing the potential for enhancing removals by sinks and reducing GHG anthropogenic emissions by sources in the land use, land-use change and forestry sector (LULUCF) as part of Armenia’s Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy took place on 11 June 2021.

For the occasion of World Environment Day on 5th of June 2021, UNDP Climate Change Programme and Armenia Tree Project (ATP) announce a nation-wide video PSA competition for middle (grades 5-9) and high school (grades 10-12) students on the topic of Ecosystem Restoration, which is the theme of this year’s observation of the Day

On 30 April, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia presented its updated national climate pledge to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), marking its renewed commitment for the period of 2021-2030 to the landmark Paris Agreement, by which world leaders universally agreed to advance climate actions to limit temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius, while pursuing efforts to limit to a safer 1.5 degrees. 

Today the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved Armenia’s updated 2021-2030 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under Paris Agreement. For the development of the document, the Ministry of Environment received support in the frames of EU4Climate project, that is funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme. 

Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are at the heart of the Paris Agreement and embody efforts by each country towards lowering greenhouse gas emissions, pursuing domestic climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and fostering climate resilience.

On April 19, a national workshop on NDC Partnership Plan of the Republic of Armenia was held with the participation of over 60 representatives from the government, civil society and international donors.

The two-day workshop focused on integrating disaster resilience and natural hazard management into the National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and actions on sub-national level, like urban adaptation.

Back to May 2020, within the EU4Climate regional project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme, the first pilot “Study on climate finance budgeting and expenditure tracking” among the EaP countries was launched in Armenia

On the 5th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, UNDP IRH organized a “Webinar on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Financing and Investment Strategies” on 14-15 December under the UNDP’s Climate Promise

Reinforcing technical capacities to address the rising effects of climate change is one of priorities of “EU4Climate” regional project, implemented in Armenia under the Eastern Partnership Framework. 

On 19-20 October 2020, the UNDP IRH, along with its partners from the European Commission and EU Eastern Partnership Countries, organized a two-day regional online “Webinar on Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) and climate policy mainstreaming” under the EU-UNDP “EU4Climate” regional project.

On 8th October 2020, the United Nations Development Programme’s Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe/Central Asia held an online regional focus group discussion, moderated by Bureau for Policy & Programme Support, N

The EU-supported EU4Climate project has launched a website with a detailed information about the project, its objectives and main activities

On 16 September 2020, the European Commission presented its plan to reduce the EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels and tabled an amendment to the proposed European Climate Law.

On 17th of August, the “National workshop on climate change budget tagging” was held online in the framework of “EU4Climate” regional project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the UNDP in Armenia.

ARMENIA. 15 June 2020 - Armenia and the other Eastern Partnership countries account for 1.17 percent of the world’s carbon emissions, yet almost 80 percent of these countries’ energy supply comes from fossil fuels. This is why EU supports the integration of green principles in the region for lowering emissions across all sectors, including those caused by deforestation.

Some of Northern Armenia’s most beautiful landscapes include thousands of hectares of forests and trees that are protected by sustainable management of forests and protected areas.

Trees Are Just Like Humans: They Require Love and Care - the EU Promotes Community-based Forest Management and Restoration

In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5 2020, the UNDP Armenia Climate Change Programme and Armenia Tree Project are announcing "Time #ForNature" poster contest for youth in the frames of “EU4Climate” EU-UNDP regional programme!

Over the years, the EU Sustainable Energy Awards have attracted citizen-led sustainable energy-awareness programmes, public schemes promoting energy-saving buildings and private firms leading the way in green tech, carbon-neutral manufacturing, and much more.

Armenia is committed to update country’s (NDC) by 2020 in response to the growing impacts and mitigating risks of climate change with the ultimate goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the UNFCCC and according to Paris Agreement.

Nowadays climate change has emerged as one of the most alarming issues around the world.

From 18-19 November, Armenia together with other Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries met in Tbilisi to discuss their progress in mitigation and adaptation against climate change in line with policies of reducing greenhouse gas emissions set in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Climate change has emerged as one of the most important challenges that the humanity faces in the 21st century, the impacts of which are being felt everywhere with very real and direct consequences on people’s lives, ranging from natural disasters to significant economic losses and public health problems.

In the period of 15-17 October 2019, the Republic of Armenia is participating in the “Regional Workshop on Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategies and the Mainstreaming of Climate Policies” within the framework of EU4Climate project, being held at Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. 

In 2019, the European Union launched a new regional initiative - EU4Climate - to support the six Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) to develop and implement climate-related policies based on the countries’ commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Association and Partnership Agreements with the EU, the Eastern Partnership policy initiative “20 Deliverables for 2020,” and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.