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Mongolia National Program on Reduction of Air and Environmental Pollution
Launch: 2017 End: 2025
Region:
Geography:
Mongolia
Type:
National
ICS Only?:
No
Value/Funding:
N/A
Funder Type:
Domestic Government
Funders:
Government of Mongolia
Features:
Regulation
Direct Provision
Description:
Households fined 300,000 tugriks ($113), while large businesses fined 3 million tugriks ($1,134) for the use of coal for cooking. Briquettes distributed by government as an alternative fuel to coal [1]
Households fined 300,000 tugriks ($113), while large businesses fined 3 million tugriks ($1,134) for the use of coal for cooking. Briquettes distributed by government as an alternative fuel to coal [1]
Reach:
N/A
N/A
Goal/Target:
600,000 tons of briquettes distributed[1] Decrease air pollutants by 80% by 2025 and prohibit the use of unprocessed coal everywhere except thermal power plants in Ulaanbaatar [2]
600,000 tons of briquettes distributed[1] Decrease air pollutants by 80% by 2025 and prohibit the use of unprocessed coal everywhere except thermal power plants in Ulaanbaatar [2]
Sources:
[1]https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/727688757/mongolias-capital-banned-coal-to-fix-its-pollution-problem-will-it-work [2] https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/97/2/19-020219/en/
[1]https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/727688757/mongolias-capital-banned-coal-to-fix-its-pollution-problem-will-it-work [2] https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/97/2/19-020219/en/