Mongolian Dzuds: Unravelling a climate change crisis and how space tech can help

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English - March 07, 2024 19:38 - 8 minutes - 6.04 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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The Dzud – literally meaning disaster in Mongolian – is a recurring and damaging weather event in the landlocked northeast Asian country, devastating its unique nomadic and pastoral way of life and wiping massive numbers of livestock.

Tiziana Bonapace, Director of Disaster Risk Reduction Division, ESCAP

But this season, the winter phenomenon is particularly extreme, affecting nearly 250,000 people and tens of millions of heads of cattle, horses, goats and sheep.

To find out more about this unique crisis, its socio-economic impacts, the link with climate change and how the UN is responding, UN News’ Vibhu Mishra spoke with Tiziana Bonapace, Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division at ESCAP, the Organization’s sustainable development arm in Asia and the Pacific.