Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7 percent by 2030
Environment
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. In Mongolia, climate change has intensified over the past 80 years, with the average air temperature increasing by 2.25 degrees, which is twice the world average.
Due to a 7.3 percent decrease in total annual precipitation, the frequency of droughts, dzuds, and natural disasters has increased, 76.9 percent of the land has been desertified, and permafrost has shrunk by 33.7 percent over the past 50 years.
Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism G.Tuvdendorj underscored during the meeting held on improving the coordination of climate change policy and project implementation that Mongolia, which emits 0.1 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, is aiming to mitigate climate change and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7 percent by 2030 within Paris Agreement on climate change.
He
also stressed that Mongolia needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and
introduce advanced and environmentally friendly technologies in order to
fulfill its obligations under international agreements.
