{"id":7039,"slug":"statement-by-president-khaltmaagiin-battulga-president-of-mongolia-at-the-climate-ambition-summit","status":"publish","tags":[],"title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT KHALTMAAGIIN BATTULGA, PRESIDENT OF MONGOLIA AT THE CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga took part, December 12th, 2020, in the Climate Ambition Summit, on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Distinguished Delegates, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish to extend\nmy sincere appreciation to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Prime\nMinister Boris Johnson and President Emmanuel Macron for initiating and organizing\nthis summit in these difficult times of global pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the\npandemic is sweeping all over the world, there is a need to call more attention\nto climate change and take decisive and strong action to mitigate its negative\nimpacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developing solutions\nto combat and overcome climate change is the most pressing issue for Mongolia\nowing to its harsh continental weather and nomadic pastoralism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the\nGovernment of Mongolia approved its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which\nincorporates targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions identifying risks of\nall the sectors of the economy and all the walks of life and submitted the NDC to\nthe Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In this document,\nthe mitigation target was re-calculated from 14% to 22.7% in total national\ngreenhouse emissions. Moreover, it is my great pleasure to announce that it is\npossible to further increase our commitment to 27.2%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mongolia\ndeveloped a specific action plan to achieve its \u201cdetermined contribution\u201d\ntarget and is planning to carry out concrete measures. The implementation of some\nmeasures has been started given the time constraints. Namely, all the feasibility\nstudies on the construction of a 1,000 km irrigation pipeline to the Gobi\nregion, which is under threat of rapid desertification due to climate change,\nhave been completed and it is ready to start the construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We, Mongols,\nare ready to mobilize all our resources because efforts and diligence from the\nwhole of humanity is crucial to save Mother Earth, slow the pace of global\nwarming and combat adverse effects of climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for\nyour attention. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"date":"2020-12-13T11:35:40","excerpt":{"rendered":"

President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga took part, December 12th, 2020, in the Climate Ambition Summit, on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Emmanuel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_image_alt":"president1","featured_image":"https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/president1.png","related_posts":[]}