Climate change and sustainable development

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Climate change and sustainable development
Global Human Development Report Launching,
January 15, 2008, Ulaanbaatar

• Dr. B. Khuldorj,
• National project Manager, Sustainable Artisanal
  Mining

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Global Human Development Report Launching,
January 15, 2008, Ulaanbaatar
Introduction
Mongolian Action Programme for the 21st Century
briefing
Climate change versus sustainable development
Conclusion
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Global Human Development Report Launching,
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Introduction
The reasonable man adopts himself to the world,
the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt
the world to himself. George Bernard Shaw
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• Mongolian Action Programme for the 21st Century
  (MAP 21) briefing
• How NSDS of Mongolia was linked with Climate
  change issues 10 years ago
• Current problems related to Climate change impact
  on sustainable development
• This presentation has used data from MAP 21 and
  from Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change.

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Mongolian Action Programme for the 21st Century
(MAP 21) briefing

• A. National Strategy for SD
• Local Agenda 21 for 21 Aimags and Capital City
  were developed during 1997-1998 and approved by
  Local Citizens Representatives Khural (local
  Parliament)
• National-MAP 21 Endorsed by Government in May
  1998 SDS contains 59 goals, 13 environmental ones

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MAP - 21

• Sustainable development scenarios for the 21st
  century of Mongolia
• Economic development modeling
• Modeling of population projection
• Modeling of energy planning
• Modeling of climate change environmental
  pollution
• Modeling of agricultural development

• Local Agenda 21
• 21 aimag action
• Programmes
• Capital city action
• programme

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Continued

• MAP 21 based Policy documents
• The State Policy on Ecology (1998)
• National Climate Change Programme (2000)
• National Science Technological Programme
  (2000)
• Mongolian Regional Development Concept (2001)
• Regional Agenda 21s
• Comprehensive policy development (2008?).

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Continued

• Local Agenda 21 National Agenda 21
• Regional Agenda 21
• Eastern regional Agenda 21
• approved by Joint Meeting of
• 5 aimag Local parliament in 2004
• Western regional agenda 21 2002
• Central regional agenda 21 2003.

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Climate change versus sustainable development

• According to MAP 21, frequency of drought and
  zud is 3 years in eastern steppe and Khangai
  Khentii mountainous region of Mongolia has
  harmful impact on rural sustainable development
• Bayankhongor aimag lost 70 percent of total
  livestock during 1999-2002, consequently, 70
  percent of cattle breeders were unemployed, most
  of pasture land was destroyed, no economic
  activities were functioned
• poverty increase, production decrease and
  environment is getting worse
• Between 2003-2007 were dried out (a) more than
  800 rivers (b) more than 2000 streams (c) more
  than 1000 lakes (d) and about 50 mineral water
  points.

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Continued

• Dryness and late rain leads to frequent changes
  of pasture and long distance of movement
• Livestock productivity and efficiency is
  decreasing
• Winter temperature is increasing on 2 degrees
  and summer temperature is decreasing on 1.5
  degrees
• Herders delay winter stay for 1- 2 months,
  consequently, nomadic livestock cycle is changing
• Rural population migration to the city, Mostly
  to Ulaanbaatar
• air pollution social service and supply sectors
  are overloading.

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Conclusion

• Development of adaptation mechanism is urgent
  (a) meteorological information dissemination
  network (b) disaster prevention system and
  pre-disaster management (c) semi nomadic
  livestock establishment
• Alternative business sector for rural areas,
  such as small and medium size of Mining,
  development and insurance system improvement are
  required
• Food security is getting important solidarity
  problem among nations
• Impact of climate change on human health
• Strengthen international cooperation on climate
  change issues including coal gasification
• MAP 21 is not only document- it is a process
  started by UNDP.

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THANK YOU
Web site www.sam.mn Mail khuldorj_at_sam.mn Addres
s 76 77, Diplomatic building 95, Sustainable
Artisanal Mining Project, Chingeltei district,
Ulaanbaatar Phone [phone]-108 Fax 32
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