This case study analyses the gaps and opportunities in Mongolian plastic recycling, assessing the current state of plastic waste production and management.
This case study illustrates Guiding Principle 3: Comprehensive Lifecycle Assessment Of Sustainability and is part of a series of ten case studies which aim to inform the forthcoming wave of global infrastructure investment. Collectively, they specify and demonstrate how environmental, social and economic sustainability must be integrated right across infrastructure policymaking at the systems-level. The individual principles and case studies were developed via ongoing global consultation and inputs from experts and UN Member States, as part of implementation of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 4/5 on Sustainable Infrastructure.
This publication presents the first quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change on a protected area in Mongolia and helps identify adaptation measures to build climate resilience for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, and tourism.
This PDA describes the threats to Mongolia's already-degraded peatlands, and covers management strategies for the restoration and protection of these areas.
This case study combines a documentary‐historical method with a value‐critical approach to analyse Mongolia's social policy response to poverty.
The River Basin Management and Fiscal Decentralisation: Mutually Supportive or Counterproductive? paper finds that at the sub-national level, a high number of actors are involved in water governance. Despite a broad division of labour, a high level of overlap exists in terms of data management; monitoring water resources, water uses and law implementation; law enforcement; and to a certain degree the implementation of measures among these actors.
The report Employment in the Environmental Sector and Green Jobs in Mongolia describes a pilot survey which was conducted to collect data on environmental sector employment and green jobs in Mongolia.