Strengthening Institutional and Technical Capacity to Support NDC Implementation and Mainstreaming Climate Change into Subnational Development Planning in Mongolia

The energy sector alone contributes 50% of total emissions. Therefore, GOM has a strong commitment to reduce GHG emissions through increasing the share of renewable energy in total installed capacity to 30 percent by 2030 and other energy efficiency measures such reducing loss of transmission lines. Mongolia is experiencing more intense warming than the global average temperature. These climate changes are exacerbating social, environmental and economic challenges due to the sensitivity of Mongolia’s ecosystems and dependence of key economic sectors on weather and climate conditions. According to the National Statistics Office (NSO), the country’s poverty rate reached 28.4% as of 2018. Climate-related disasters are one main drivers for poverty in Mongolia. Due to the dzud and drought occurred in the past (1999-2002 and 2009-2010), many rural families lost their livestock - livelihood sources, and had to migrate to larger urban settlements with no other choice to survive.