| Environment - current issues | limited natural freshwater resources in some areas; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws leads to air pollution in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation and overgrazing increase soil erosion from wind and rain; water pollution; desertification and mining activities have a deleterious effect on the environment |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 40.42 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 25.37 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 13.72 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 45.3 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 166.2 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 250.9 million cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.14% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 8.62% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.9 million tons (2016 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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