Armenia

Europe & Central Asia

NDC Status

Armenia submitted its third NDC in December 2025.

Key highlights from the NDC

Armenia's third NDC establishes economy-wide, single-year mitigation targets for 2035, using 1990 as the base year.
Armenia commits to a 44 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an unconditional basis and a 52 percent reduction on a conditional basis, covering all major IPCC sectors and greenhouse gases, including LULUCF. This represents a progression from the previous NDC's single 40 percent target for 2030 and introduces, for the first time, a clear unconditional/conditional structure, enhancing transparency and ambition.
The mitigation framework is aligned with Armenia's Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy. The NDC also confirms Armenia's intention to engage in voluntary cooperation under Article 6, supported by the establishment of a national authorization and registry framework.
The NDC frames adaptation as a national imperative. The NDC includes sector-specific adaptation actions across priority areas such as water resources, agriculture, health, infrastructure, ecosystems, and disaster risk reduction, aligned with the National Adaptation Plan process and emphasizing resilience and risk reduction.
Strong cross-cutting priorities are embedded throughout the NDC. Armenia explicitly integrates gender equality and social inclusion, recognizing disproportionate climate impacts on women, children, and vulnerable groups.
Armenia’s third NDC places just transition at the core of its climate strategy, with attention to employment, skills, social protection, and equity.
The preparation of Armenia’s third NDC followed an inclusive, whole-of-government and whole-of-society process, with technical support provided under UNDP's Climate Promise, contributing to analytical robustness, alignment with the ETF, and overall quality of the submission.