Mongolia Assessment Report on Climate Change 2009

• Main Authors: Dagvadorj, D., Natsagdorj, L., Dorjpurev, J., Namkhainyam, B.
• Other Authors: Gomboluudev, P., Batimaa, P., Jugder, D., Mijiddorj, R., Davaa, G., Erdenetsetseg, B., Khaulenbek, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism (MNET), Mongolia 2009
• Subjects: climate changes; critical infrastructure; risk identification & assessment; social impacts & resilience; environment; food security & agriculture; permafrost
• Online Access: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc226749/

This report brings together the findings of climate change research in Mongolia to raise awareness of decision makers and the general public so that they can develop appropriate responses to the challenges and threats. The content of the Report includes the following: (i) Observed changes in climate of Mongolia and its future projections; (ii) Potential impacts of climate change on natural and ecological components (ecosystem shifts and landscape changes, permafrost, glacier and snow cover, water resource, natural disaster, desertification, dust and sand storms), and social and economic sectors (animal husbandry, arable farming/agriculture, and forestry) of Mongolia; (iii) Vulnerability and Adaptation to climate change; (iv) Greenhouse gas monitoring and inventories; (v) Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials and options; and (ii) Climate-friendly technology needs.