Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) Submission by Mongolia to the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) .

This Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) for Mongolia is a multi-sectoral policy document at national level for the period of 2015-2030. In the INDC, Mongolia has outlined a series of policies and measures that the country commits to implement up to 2030, in the energy, industry, agriculture and waste sectors, contingent upon the continuation of international support to complement domestic efforts. The expected mitigation impact of these policies and measures will be a 14% reduction in total national GHG emissions excluding Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) by 2030, compared to the projected emissions under a business as usual scenario.
The policies and measures outlined in the INDC include those to promotes increased agricultural production in an environmentally sustainable manner. By 2030, Mongolia intends to contribute to global efforts to mitigate GHG emissions by implementing the policies and measures such as maintaining livestock population at appropriate levels according to the pasture carrying capacity, developing a comprehensive plan for emission reductions in the livestock sub-sector for implementation between 2020 and 2030.
Due to Mongolia's high degree of vulnerability to climate change, an adaptation component has been included in the INDC, to support sustainable development and improve Mongolia’s resilience to climate change. The vision for adaptation is: Increased adaptive capacity to overcome negative impacts of climate change, and to strengthen resilience of ecosystem and socio-economic sectors. Adaptation targets have been identified. Adaptation aims to reduce risks and vulnerabilities for the following sectors: Animal husbandry aims to maintain ecosystem balance through improving pasture management; Arable farming aspires to meet the total national need in crops by reducing bare fallow and soil moisture loss, introducing medium and long-term varieties of crops, increased irrigation with water saving technologies including snow, and rain water harvesting; Water resources sector’s objectives are to expand state protected areas covering especially river headwater areas, where 70% of water resources are formed, to ensure proper use of water resources, and to strengthen integrated water resource management in river basins; Forest resource aims to reduce forest degradation, and to implement re-forestation and sustainable forest management strategies; Natural disaster management seeks to build effective disaster management to prevent environmental and socio-economic losses.