CLIMATE RISK COUNTRY PROFILE ARMENIA

The opinions, findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work are those of the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the views or the official policy or position of the WBG, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments it represents or of ADB, its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. [...] The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work, or the use of the term “country” do not imply any judgment on the part of the WBG or ADB, their respective Boards, or the governments they represent, concerning the legal status of any territory or geographic area or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. [...] Through this partnership, Armenia will receive targeted and coordinated technical assistance, including the design of climate change national and sectoral development policy, implementation and monitoring of mitigation and adaptation projects, as well as access to financial support in bilateral and multilateral formats, to further support the country to meet its adaptation goals and climate change. [...] Under all scenarios, except for the lowest emission pathway (RCP 2.6), the number of summer days is expected to increase and the number of frost and ice days are expected to fall dramatically by the end of the century. [...] Projected change (anomaly) in annual temperature in Armenia under monthly temperature, shown by month, for RCP2 6 (blue) and RCP8 5 (red) estimated Armenia for the period 2080–2099 under by the model ensemble Shading represents RCP8 5 The value shown represents the the standard deviation of the model median of the model ensemble with the shaded ensemble 25 areas showing the 10th–90th percentiles 2.