Overview
- COP17 convened high‑level forums in Ulaanbaatar where UN officials praised Mongolia’s leadership and national ministers met international partners to push implementation of desertification and land‑degradation commitments.
- Mining firms including Rio Tinto and Oyu Tolgoi pledged landscape restoration and support for renewables and water protection, and announced a planned pilot to afforest up to 5,000 hectares in the Gobi.
- Loro Piana said it will expand its five‑year “Resilient Threads” program in Sükhbaatar province to strengthen herder incomes, protect steppe ecosystems, and shore up supply‑chain resilience through 2028.
- Orano reported construction progress at the Zöövch‑Ovoo site and reiterated a 2028 target for commercial production while seeking legal clarity on which agency issues export permits for radioactive minerals.
- City and finance talks advanced practical next steps, with Ulaanbaatar asking the EIB to study tram, grid and renewables projects and UN agencies coordinating herd‑health and pastoral resilience programs that will affect rural livelihoods.