Mongolia - consequences of the climate change

Mongolia is particularly impacted by climate change. Climate change tends to intensify an existing environmental phenomenon, called the züd. The züd originally refers to a particularly snowy winter during which cattle are unable to find food through the snow. A large number of animals die of hunger and cold during these years. The Züd is not new. Today, however, it seems to be intensifying and becoming more common. During the last 20 years Mongolia has lost between 20 and 40% of its livestock. 20,000 families of breeders have had to abandon their livestock, and have joined the shantytowns of the capital. But the Zud is not the only cause of the difficulties facing nomadic life in Mongolia. There are two other major problems: first, the decision to introduce the pashmina goat in large quantities to produce cashmere wool destined for the West, and the development of the mining sector