COP17 & Land Restoration: UNCCD COP17 is underway in Ulaanbaatar, with China backing Mongolia’s desertification fight and supplying saplings (Inner Mongolia shipped 11.7m by early June) plus monitoring and restoration know-how. Green Finance: Mongolia launched the Mongolia Green Finance Corporation during COP17, aiming to channel long-term climate and low-carbon funding via partners including the Green Climate Fund, XacBank and GGGI. Mining & Biodiversity: Mongolia’s environment ministry signed a MoU with the Chinggis Khaan Wealth Fund and the Mongolian Nature’s Legacy Foundation to fund science-based biodiversity offsets for mining impacts, focusing on measurable habitat outcomes. Mining Results: Mongolian Mining Corporation reported 1H2026 revenue of about $586.2m (+69% y/y), driven by higher washed coking coal sales and price, with Bayan Khundii mine starting to contribute. Land Restoration Gap: An IUCN study says countries restored 124.3m hectares (10.4% of pledges), with Mongolia near 77% degraded land—highlighting a major financing and delivery shortfall. Cybersecurity: Kaspersky flagged a new CoolClient variant tied to HoneyMyte APT (Mustang Panda), targeting organizations including in Mongolia. Sports Business: FIBA 3x3 Beijing Challenger 2026 includes Ulaanbaatar MMC Energy, with World Tour Zaisan 2026 spots at stake. Tourism: Mongolia hit a record 847,000 tourists in 2025, with revenue reaching $728m (+91%), as global travel rebounds.