Senior Expert , Climate Change Mitigation Modelling for Tanzania's Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS)
About the role
Result of Service A fully calibrated, documented and nationally owned set of long-term low-emission scenarios for the United Republic of Tanzania, comprising: a GHG baseline and BAU scenario; sector-specific net-zero-by-2050 pathways covering energy, transport, AFOLU, industry, waste, blue economy and human settlements, with explicit treatment of AFOLU carbon sequestration and nature-based solutions, cost-benefit, macro-economic and just-transition analyses, an assessment of the adaptation, biodiversity and investment implications of alternative pathways, including nature-positive investments and Article 6 carbon market opportunities; and a structured capacity-transfer to NCMC and VPO-DoE. Together, these outputs form the quantitative backbone of Tanzania's LT-LEDS, integrated as modelling annexes into the strategy document under the leadership of the VPO-DoE and the LT-LEDS lead consultant/consortium, supporting Tanzania's transition towards a climate-resilient, net-zero and nature-positive economy by 2050. Work Location Dodoma, Tanzania Expected duration 12 months Duties and Responsibilities The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. The NDC Act & Invest project is a global UNEP-led project funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and the Partnership Action Fund (PAF) of the NDC Partnership. It aims to support countries in raising their climate ambition and translating their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0), submitted in 2025, into concrete, financeable implementation plans, and in strengthening alignment between short-term NDC commitments and long-term low-emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). Under Article 4.19 of the Paris Agreement, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, through the Vice-President's Office , Division of Environment (VPO-DoE), is developing its first Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS). The Long-Term Vision (LTV) and Roadmap for the LT-LEDS were validated by the VPO in 2025 (with support from 2050 Pathways and CAN Tanzania) and define the country's overarching net-zero direction, sectoral aspirations to 2050 and the a