COP 27: New EU4Climate study highlights Eastern Partnership countries’ commitment to climate action

A comparative analysis of the Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) in the Eastern Partnership countries (EaP) was presented on 10 November at a sie event of the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP 27) hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The conference took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

LT-LEDS are recognised as one of the key national planning exercises for the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine developed their LT-LEDS with the EU4Climate programme support, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP.

Therefore, the comparative study focuses on the targets set in the draft LEDS, particularly on additional NDCs targets regarding adaptation and gender equality, and on the EU role in assisting the region with increasing long-term ambition in EaP countries. 

With their ambitions, Armenia and Georgia state that climate neutrality is the goal for 2050. The “best” emission scenario of Azerbaijan shows that climate neutrality could be achieved by 2081. In Moldova, the LEDS covers only the time until 2030 and lays down the action plan to implement the NDC2, which is the one with the highest ambition. Ukraine’s ambition is to achieve climate neutrality by 2060.

EU4Climate helps governments in the six EU Eastern Partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) to take action against climate change and towards a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy. 

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