Climate-resilient urban planning in Ulaanbaatar

About

A third of Mongolia’s population live in urban, nomadic dwelling ‘ger’ areas where poor sanitation, solid waste management, electricity and water supplies pose health and environmental hazards. The Government of Mongolia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and EIB are seeking to turn Ulaanbaatar’s ger areas into affordable, low-carbon, climate-resilient, and liveable eco-districts. Plans include building 10,000 homes in 20 new environmentally-friendly eco-districts with good services, green spaces, and access to shops and jobs.

Approach and impact

A gender analysis and a gender action plan has been developed for the project with support from the GCF. The action plan targets 80 per cent of female-headed households to have improved and climate-resilient water, sanitation and heating systems, recognising that this will reduce women’s and girls’ domestic time burden. Women-led households will have priority access to the new affordable green housing built by the project. Targets have been put in place to ensure women benefit from employment opportunities during construction and operation management stages, and 40 per cent of workspaces constructed will be provided to women-led businesses. Further, at least 40 per cent of green mortgage loans produced will be accessed by women.