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Reviving the Steppe: Mongolia’s Living Laboratory for Combating Desertification

What if the answer to desertification and land degradation was already being tested in Mongolia’s wind-swept rangelands? As Mongolia prepares to host UNCCD COP17, the world should take note of Elsentasarkhai Station - a living lab for combating desertification.

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Fewer, Stronger: Scaling Climate-Smart Herding for Land, Livelihoods, and Resilience in Mongolia

“Nature is asking us to change. It is telling us we can’t keep as many animals. We must raise fewer but better ones.” - Dolgorsuren, nomadic herder from Mongolia. See how she is building resilient herding supported by the Global Environment Facility-funded ENSURE project.

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Mongolian Herders Are Reinventing Their Future in a Changing Climate

Meet Naranbaatar and Baasanjargal—a Mongolian herder couple reinventing tradition to adapt to climate change. With support from the Global Environment Facility-funded ENSURE project, they are building collective resilience via herder groups, improved feed, and smarter pasture use.

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Churning Change: How Local Dairy is Driving Jobs, Resilience, and Rural Growth in Mongolia

Janlavtsogzol is a proud founder of a yak dairy factory in Zavkhan, Mongolia. Backed by smart local investment and support from the Global Environment Facility-funded ENSURE project, her factory is strengthening incomes, food security, and climate resilience in Mongolia's highlands.

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What we do

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, working in 177 countries and territories. UNDP opened its representative office in Ulaanbaatar in 1973 after more than a decade of successful cooperation with Mongolia. Ever since, UNDP has worked for equitable and sustainable development for the benefit of all Mongolians. UNDP is committed to helping the Government and the people of Mongolia achieve the Sustainable Development Development Goals as well as other national development priorities.

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2024 National Human Development Paper

The 2024 National Human Development Paper, titled 'A Just Energy Transition for Human Development in Mongolia', assesses the impact of Mongolia’s coal-dependent economy on its human development progress and offers a roadmap for a people-centered energy transition that addresses the energy and human development capabilities for both current and future generations. The 2024 National Human Development Paper marks the seventh such report for Mongolia since 1997, continuing UNDP's tradition of comprehensive analysis of global, regional, and local development trends.

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About Mongolia

 

76.9%

(2020)

of Mongolian land is classified as degraded

27.8%

(2020)

of the population lives below national poverty line

25.4%

(2024)

of Parliamentarians is female.

61.1%

(2022)

of university students are female

96/189

(2023/2024)

Human Development Index Rank

6.6% (H1)

(2023)

Unemployment rate

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