Tracey McVeigh heads to Mongolia to find out about the country’s increasingly brutal winters and dry summers, while Badruun Gardi reflects on how the changes threaten the nomadic way of life
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is the coldest capital on Earth and it is confronting dangers that could soon affect many other cities around the world.
Mongolia’s winters are getting colder and longer, while its summers are getting drier. Together, the more extreme seasons are killing off huge swathes of livestock and forcing Mongolia’s nomads – who account for a third of the population – into the city.
