Earlier today, Bloomberg TV Mongolia organised a forum entitled ‘Smog less Ulaanbaatar’ at the capital’s Blue Sky hotel. During the forum, participants noted that toxic air of Ulaanbaatar city is being blamed for 79 percent of respiratory diseases. Ulaanbaatar is one of the world’s most heavily polluted cities—in December it experienced pollution levels four times higher than World Health Organisation (WHO) standards.

At least 60 percent of all pollution in Ulaanbaatar is caused by the stoves of the 200,000 households in ger districts. The rest is due to  transportation, thermal power plants, and solid waste. The Mongolian government has implemented many projects and programmes for decreasing air-pollution such as distributing clean-burning stoves. 

According to officials, a total of MNT 9.8 billion is needed to decrease air-pollution in Ulaanbaatar city by 2025.