International Consultant on Carbon Pricing Possibilities in Armenia

14 October 2021

UNDP Armenia is looking for an International Consultant to assess the possibilities to perform the carbon pricing in Armenia, including identification of applicable non-market based and/or market-based policies (including Emissions Trading System), indication of appropriate solutions to address carbon leakage

Consultant’s duties:

• Overview of existing carbon pricing instruments, analyze such or related instruments already in place in Armenia, EU and EAEU countries, assess in a succinct manner success and failure cases or concrete carbon pricing efforts and lessons learned for Armenia;
• Analyze the context of Armenia to identify key issues that would affect the operation of carbon pricing and its political feasibility, technical viability, and potential economic implications:
• Set out the key considerations for Armenia by assessing the carbon pricing options and propose viable carbon pricing options and discuss advantages and limitations of each option.

Deadline for application is October 26, 2021.

A detailed description of the scope of work can be found at https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=102572