Overall Objective
GGGI’s program in Mongolia directly supports the Government’s National Green Development Policy, NDC and Long-term policy ‘Vision 2050’. Based on GGGI’s Strategy 2030 and Roadmap 2021-2025, GGGI Mongolia will contribute to:
Strategic Outcome Targets
SO1 - GHG Reductions | GGGI will contribute to reduction of GHG emission to achieve its NDC target. |
---|---|
SO2 - Green Jobs | Introduce advanced technology and services that will create green jobs. |
SO3 - Sustainable Services | Provide access to clean energy and sustainable transport. |
SO4 - Air Quality | Improve air quality by implementing energy efficiency measures and introducing clean technologies. |
SO5 - Ecosystem Services | Contribute by raising investments for green infrastructure. |
SO6 - Enhanced Adaptation to Climate Change | Strengthen climate resilience |
Themes
Contact
Resource Partner
GGGI Core Funding
GCF Readiness
Mitigation Action Facility
Government Counterpart
Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET)
Ministry of Energy (MoE)
Ministry of Construction and Urban Development (MCUD)
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
Municipality of Ulaanbaatar City (MUB)
Context
The Government of Mongolia (GoM) has identified improving the resilience of communities to the impacts of climate change and transitioning to a greener development pathway as priorities in its National Green Development Policy (NGDP). Mongolia’s energy sector is highly dependent on fossil fuels with over 90% of heating and electricity derived from coal. The resulting soil and air pollution is particularly acute in the peri-urban areas of Ulaanbaatar and other secondary cities, where poverty exceeds the national rate of 27%.
Mongolia has therefore made commitments to increase renewable energy generation and improve urban planning and resilience in its NGDP and Action Plan, NDC and Vision 2050. While the supporting policy environment has improved, implementation and financing to address these challenges remain well below the levels needed to transition to inclusive green growth. Additionally, green growth is not yet fully integrated into energy and urban development policy implementation and financing at the line ministry or provincial and municipal levels. Given the current impacts of the COVID 19 global pandemic, weak commodity prices and low investment, a stretched government budget reduces the ability to introduce many of the intended green development measures.
News
News • April 10, 2024
On the ground capacity building – how can we change the provincial level attitude towards the climate change?
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, April 10, 2024 – Under the auspices of the project “Strengthening Institutional and Technical Capacity to Support NDC Implementation and Mainstreaming Climate Change into Subnational Development Planning in Mongolia,” funded by the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is extending technical assistance to government offices across 21 […]
News • October 10, 2023
Majority of Mongolians Want Urgent Action on Climate Change, Reveals the First-Ever Climate Awareness Survey
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA, OCTOBER 6, 2023 – The Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched the findings of a nationally representative Climate Change Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) survey titled Climate Change Awareness and Media Consumption Survey in Mongolia. Download the report here. When asked if climate change is a priority, […]
News • October 2, 2023
Meteorological Data Access in Mongolia Through Digital Transformation
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2 October 2023 -In a transformative leap towards accessibility and efficiency, the National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring (NAMEM), the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have launched an advanced website aimed at simplifying the process of acquiring historical meteorological data in Mongolia. The Meteorological Development Institute […]
News • May 4, 2021
Green and Resilient Recovery Brochure
In partnership with Members and peers, GGGI has developed a flexible model and service offering to stimulate Green and Resilient Recovery based on international best practices and insights. Click here to download WEB version. Click here to download PRINT version.
News • March 27, 2020
GGGI: GCF Portfolio
Directing finance to where it is needed most Delivering inclusive growth while limiting climate change to 1.5°C will require the mobilization of finance at a historic scale. Over the next 15 years, it is estimated the world needs about USD 90 trillion in climate smart infrastructure – most of it in developing countries. Investing in […]
News • January 30, 2020
GGGI pilots innovative new tool to assess progress of country programs towards impact
GGGI’s Impact & Evaluation Unit (IEU) recently completed and published its inaugural Impact Pathway Review (IPR) for its Mongolia country program. IPRs are an innovative new tool designed to improve GGGI’s ability to assess the progress of its country programs towards impact. They were introduced as part of GGGI’s evaluation workplan for 2019 and Mongolia […]
News • December 6, 2019
GGGI Mongolia organizes a Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the Residential Retrofitting project
December 5, 2019; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Today, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Mongolia, together with the Ulaanbaatar city Mayor’s Office, organized a stakeholder consultation workshop on GGGI’s Residential Retrofitting project. The workshop aimed to establish a project working group to present the project’s work plan and findings of consultant services, and to receive feedback […]
News • November 15, 2019
GGGI HOSTS KNOWLEDGE SHARING WORKSHOP ON LOW CARBON GREEN HEATING TECHNOLOGIES FOR OFF-GRID PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November 14, 2019 – GGGI Mongolia hosted a knowledge-sharing event together with MET, with the aim to introduce and share best practices to replace HOB heating systems with three pilot green innovations for low-carbon technologies for off-grid buildings of remote ger district schools and kindergartens in Ulaanbaatar. The Government of Mongolia decided to […]
News • November 15, 2019
GGGI Mongolia organizes a Knowledge Sharing Event on Energy Efficiency
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November 12, 2019 On November 12, GGGI Mongolia organized a knowledge sharing event in Mongolia, as part of the Energy Efficiency (EE) Improvement Project implemented by GGGI, together with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The main objective of the event was to bring together private companies interested in providing energy services and facilitate […]
News • October 25, 2019
GGGI signs MoU on cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia
Oct. 23 2019 Seoul, Republic of Korea The Global Green Growth Institute and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Green Growth cooperation on 23 October 2019 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, during the Global Green Growth Week 2019. Dr. Frank Rijsberman, GGGI Director-General and Hyoeun Jenny […]
News • October 2, 2019
GGGI Mongolia holds a Consultative Meeting on “Improving regulatory environment of Energy Storage Projects”
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oct 2, 2019 – GGGI Mongolia organized a Consultative Meeting on “Improving regulatory environment of Energy Storage Projects” in association with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the National Dispatching Center (NDC) of Mongolia. The workshop was organized as part of the Renewable Energy Absorption Project implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute […]
News • September 2, 2019
MONGOLIA DEVELOPS A POLICY DOCUMENT ON ITS INDC FOR THE PARIS AGREEMENT
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA Aug 26, 2019 On Aug 26, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Environment Climate Fund hosted the 3rd working group meeting to develop a policy document on Mongolia’s INDC for the Paris Agreement. The aim of the meeting was to provide updates on ongoing cross-sectoral activities to develop a policy document […]
News • August 30, 2019
Stakeholder consultation meeting on Agriculture sector GHG emission pathway assessment in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA Aug 23, 2018 GGGI Mongolia organized a Stakeholder consultation meeting on Agriculture sector GHG emission pathway assessment in Mongolia on Aug 23, 2019. The main objective of the meeting was to conduct sectoral consultation meetings, with support of MET, MOFALI and ECF, to introduce project concepts on policy improvement for climate change mitigation […]
News • August 2, 2019
GGGI Mongolia facilitates the on-site assessment of its “EPC for residential buildings retrofitting” project by the NAMA Facility
July 24, 2019 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Between the 22nd and 24th of July 2019, the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of NAMA Facility visited Mongolia to assess GGGI’s “Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Buildings Retrofitting” project. The project requested grant financing from NAMA to design a financing mechanism to retrofit 132 residential buildings. GGGI, together with Ulaanbaatar […]
News • July 8, 2019
Mongolia prepares for implementing Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Retrofitting in Ulaanbaatar City
July 4, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – GGGI and the Ulaanbaatar City Engineering Facility Department organized a workshop on preparation for the NAMA facility mission to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the on-site assessment of ‘EPC for Residential Buildings’. The on-site assessment will take in place between July 22-24, 2019. In order to be well prepared for the mission […]
News • June 18, 2019
GGGI Mongolia is to support the revision of Mongolian NDCs in two sectors: Agriculture and IPPU
GGGI is working alongside several of its member countries to fulfill the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (Nationally Determined Contributions). With countries expected to submit their revised commitments in 2020, the Government of Mongolia is assessing the possibility and conditions to raise the ambition of […]
News • May 23, 2019
GGGI Mongolia jointly organizes International New Energy Green Summit-2019
On May 23, the International New Energy Summit took place in Ulaanbaatar, under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Mongolia. The event was an initiative by the Mongolian Renewables Industries Association (MRIA) and was supported by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MoET), Energy Regulatory Commission of Mongolia (ERC), the Environmental Organization of Ulaanbaatar […]
News • March 27, 2019
Mongolia accelerates building energy efficiency deep dive program
March 27, 2019, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – The Ulaanbaatar City Environmental Department organized a kick-off workshop today on building energy efficiency deep dive program together with ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and the World Resource Institute (WRI) under the assistance of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The kick-off workshop was aimed at developing the shared […]
News • December 10, 2018
GGGI organizes “Mongolia National Sustainable Finance Roadmap: Supporting the development of Green Bonds’ markets” workshop
On 10 Dec, 2018, GGGI Mongolia organized a workshop for Regulators, Financial institutions, Investors and Issuers to build and enhance the knowledge on Green Bonds as financing and investment tool. Representatives from policymaking and regulatory bodies, financial institutions, public and private companies, local governments, investors as well as research and rating institutions were invited to […]
News • December 8, 2018
International knowledge exchange program on building energy efficiency organized to trigger market transformation in Mongolia
Bratislava, December 7-8 – The Government Delegation from Ulaanbaatar Mayor’s Office, the Energy Regulatory Commission, the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development and the High Council on Home Owners’ Association visited Energy Centre of Bratislava to learn Slovakia’s experience on renovating its public and residential buildings through market mechanisms and government support. This knowledge exchange […]
Projects
MN22
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN22 Strengthening Institutional and Technical Capacity to Support NDC Implementation and Mainstreaming Climate Change into Subnational Development Planning in Mongolia
Start Date | Q1 2022 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 2,798,845 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
|
MN27
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN27 Support implementation phase I for Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Retrofitting in Ulaanbaatar City
Start Date | Q3 2022 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 480,000 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
|
MN26
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN26 Scaling-up clean Heating Investments to Facilitate energy Transformation (SHIFT)
Start Date | Q3 2023 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 420,000 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
|
MN19
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN19 Building capacity of Mongolian government for NDC implementation
Start Date | Q3 Sep 1 2020 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 99,341 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
MN17
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN17 Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Retrofitting in Ulaanbaatar City
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2020 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 429,096 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
MN04
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN04 Promoting Energy Efficiency and ESCO development in Mongolia
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 347,146 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
MN05
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN05 Mongolia Renewable Energy Absorption Project
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 146,275 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
MN06
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN06 Low Carbon Heat only boilers in Public Buildings in Mongolia
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 94,044 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
MN08
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN08 Sectoral Analysis for NDC Update 2020 – Agriculture and IPPU
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 89,682 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
MN13
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN13 Mongolia Green Finance Corporation
Start Date | Q1 Jan 1 2019 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 63,841 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
Thematic Areas
Countries
MN15 TTR Phase II-Development of Guideline for Standard Offer Program
Start Date | Q1 Aug 7 2019 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 45,911 |
Status | Complete |
Thematic Area |
|
Thematic Areas
Countries
Mongolian Green Credit Fund (MGCF)
Start Date | Q2 2017 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 50,000,000 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
|
Thematic Areas
Countries
Mongolia Transition to Green Development – Phase 2
Start Date | Q1 2017 |
---|---|
Funding Source | |
Actual Budget (USD) | 2,175,000 |
Status | Active |
Thematic Area |
|