Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia to Collaborate with China, South Korea and the UN to Tackle Increasing Yellow Dust Storms
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, October 27, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Mongolia has agreed to join forces with the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the United Nations to combat the rising frequency of yellow dust storms in recent years. Sandstorms originating from Mongolia’s desertified areas have reached air-quality and heat-stress levels in China and South Korea, making this issue one of urgent regional concern.
State Secretary of the
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia Batbayar Shurenchuluun met
with Deputy Executive Secretary for Partnership and Coordination of the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Hirohito Toda, and Head
of the Director of the UN ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office of the (based
in Incheon, South Korea) Dr. Ganbold Baasanjav, on October 24, 2025, and
discussed this issue.
They emphasized the need to step up efforts to prevent sand- and dust-storms and strengthen climate-adaptation action, and agreed to launch joint regional and national initiatives and present them at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP17) to be held next August in Ulaanbaatar. The parties also exchanged views on joint projects and programmes and the proposals Mongolia is putting forward ahead of COP17.
