41: Global Energy Transition & Phasing Out Coal in Mongolia

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Өнгөрсөн 11 сард манай хөтлөгч Цэнгүүн Эсгий Хот / Felt City подкастын хөтлөгч Алдарсайхантай хамтран University of British Columbia-гийн профессор Julian Dierkes-ийн эрхэлдэг Mongolia Focus http://blogs.ubc.ca/mongolia  блогт монгол подкастуудын талаар нийтлэл бичиж байсан билээ.

Тэгвэл профессор Julian Dierkes маань өөрийн сургуулийн докторын зэрэгт суралцаж буй оюутан, “Total Transition" номын зохиогч Sandeep Pai-тай хамт дэлхий дахинд нүүрстөрөгч ялгаруулдаггүй эрчим хүчний эх үүсвэрүүд рүү шилжих үйл явц хэрхэн явагдаж буй болоод 2040 он гэхэд Монгол улс нүүрс ашиглахаа болих боломжтой эсэх талаар ярилцсанаа манай сонсогчидтой хуваалцахыг хүссэн юм. Манай 2 дахь англи дугаарыг өөрийн хэрэглэдэг апп-аар хүлээн аван сонсоорой. 

In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report “on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C” [https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/] made headlines globally. The report claimed that time is running out for us to save the world from the catastrophic impacts of climate change and called for urgent action to phase out coal within the next few decades. More recently, in Germany, a large industrialized country, a government-appointed coal commission recommended a complete phase-out of the coal industry in the country in the next 20 years [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/26/germany-to-phase-out-coal-by-2038-in-move-away-from-fossil-fuels.html]. As the global chorus for coal phase out grows, this episode explores the challenges and opportunities for a total phase out of coal in Mongolia, a country dependent on this fuel for both energy and revenues.

To explore the issue of a possible coal phase out in the Mongolian context, this episode features two guests: Dr. Julian Dierkes, @jdierkes, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia & Mongolia expert, and Sandeep Pai, @paisandy, coal researcher & author of the book “Total Transition.” During their conversation, the guests also presented a vision for a coal-free Mongolia by the year 2040.