The Government of Mongolia signed the UNFCCC on June 12, 1992 at the Rio Conference and the Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia ratified it on 21 March 1994. The Government of Mongolia ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 08 July 1999.

2. Climate change studies

Several climate change studies have been conducted in Mongolia. The first climate change study was carried out under the US Country Studies Program (USCSP): the first GHG inventory for 1990 was prepared and preliminary GHG mitigation analysis was conducted.

In 1999, Mongolia developed its National Action Programme on Climate Change (NAPCC) with assistance from the Government of the Netherlands.

The latest studies of climate change impact on natural resources (environment), rangeland and animal husbandry are carried out by “Potential Impacts of Climate change and Vulnarability and Adaptation Assessment for Grassland Ecosystem and Livestock Sector in Mongolia” project (supported by GEF, START, TWAS, UNEP), Mongolia-2002.

Read more info from the folowing publications:

• Natsagdorj L., Batima P., (2002), Climate Change in Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (in Mongolian)
• Mongolia's Initial National Communication (2001), Ulaanbaatar
• Batima P., Batnasan N., and Lehner B.(2004), FRESHWATER SYSTEMS OF THE GREAT LAKES BASIN, MONGOLIA: Opportunities and Challenges in the Face of Climate Change
• ADB (2006) Mongolia Synthesis Report on Air Quality