Action Plan, Green Development Policy of Mongolia

This document, Action Plan, Green Development Policy of Mongolia, comprises Green Development Policy of Mongolia and its Action Plan. The purpose of the Green Development Policy of Mongolia is to ensure that Mongolia evolves as a developed nation that has built conditions for environmental sustainability, so that it will be inherited by future generations who will gain benefits from it in the long-run through participatory and inclusive economic growth based on the green development concept. 

The Green Development Policy established six strategic objectives to ensure green development:

1. Promotes a sustainable consumption and production pattern with efficient use of natural resources, low greenhouse gas emissions, and reduced waste.
2. Sustain ecosystem's carrying capacity by enhancing environmental protection and restoration activities, and reducing environmental pollution and degradation.
3. Increase investment in natural capital, human development and clean technology by introducing financing, tax, lending and other incentives for supporting a green economy.
4. Engrain a green lifestyle by reducing poverty and promoting green jobs.
5. Encourage education, science, and technology to serve as the catalyst for green development, and develop cultural values and livelihoods that are in harmony with nature.
6. Develop and implement a population settlement plan in accordance with climate change, while considering the availability of natural resources and the resilience of regions.

With its action plan, the Green Development Policy establishes a number of specific and measurable targets for each one of these strategic objectives.