Overview

• International and domestic experts reported elevated risks: a presentation cited rising suicide attempts and deaths among 5–10 year‑olds in countries with reliable data, Mongolia’s 15–19 risk was noted at 26.2, and a local survey found high rates of suicidal thoughts, plans and attempts among 13–17 year‑olds with final results pending.
• Parliament’s Petitions Committee formed a working group that met ministries, the central bank and elder representatives to draft recommendations on pension increases, easier loan terms and stronger elder care for near‑term budget deliberations.
• Official Q2 social‑insurance data showed a monthly median wage of 2.356 million MNT, an average of 2.728 million MNT and that 50% of contributors earn below 2.4 million MNT, underscoring household pressure.
• At a Ulaanbaatar leadership event, Al Gore highlighted Mongolia’s substantial Gobi wind and solar potential, said storage and transmission are needed to displace coal, and argued the clean‑energy mineral mining footprint would be smaller than continued fossil extraction with strict safety standards required.
• Authorities are enforcing the legally designated autumn fire‑danger period through November 10 with daily patrols, while forecasts call for cold nights, periods of rain or wet snow and strong winds in parts of the country.