In Mongolia, Climate Change and Mining Boom Threaten National Identity

Mongolia, a vast, sparsely populated country almost as large as Western Europe, is at once strikingly poor and strikingly rich. Its GDP per capita falls just below that of war-torn Iraq, and Ulan Bator has some of the worst air pollution ever recorded in a capital city. At the same time, Mongolia sits atop some … Continue reading In Mongolia, Climate Change and Mining Boom Threaten National Identity