Overview
- The COP17 high‑level segment opened on Monday with President U. Khurelsukh urging concrete, implementable decisions rather than talk.
- Mongolia formally presented its Steppe Action Agenda to secure global support for protecting, restoring and managing its steppe and grassland ecosystems.
- The UN Environment Programme announced a planned USD 2 million project with Mongolia to study and reduce livestock infectious disease hotspots.
- IUCN offered technical assistance and COP17 moved into finance‑focused events such as Finance Day, Business4Land and the Rangelands Flagship Initiative to turn commitments into investments.
- If funded and implemented, the planned projects and partnerships could improve herd health, stabilize pasture use and bring private and public finance to land restoration across Mongolia’s steppe.