Overview

• Visiting Ulaanbaatar for Climate Reality training, Al Gore said mining for transition minerals would have far smaller impacts than continued fossil‑fuel extraction and stressed the need for grid expansion and storage to move Gobi solar and wind power to demand centers.
• At the Mental Health‑2025 forum, international and Mongolian experts reported high levels of suicidal thoughts, plans and attempts among adolescents, with some countries documenting increases in suicide attempts and deaths among children aged 5–10.
• Mongolia’s Q2 social insurance report shows 50% of insured employees earned under 2.4 million MNT per month, with an average nominal wage of 2.728 million MNT and a median of 2.356 million MNT.
• The finance minister told parliament that since 1991 the government has drawn about USD 9.1 billion in external loans for 348 projects and programs, while only 31.6% of committed post‑2014 loan and aid funds have been utilized to date, prompting calls to improve execution.
• Ulaanbaatar finalized a PPP agreement selecting Mitaim International LLC to build the TETs‑5 plant, designed to supply 340 Gcal of heat and 300 MW of electricity to ease peak‑load shortages and reduce costly power imports.