Between A Rock And Hard Place: Mongolia Exploits Coal At Climate’s Cost – Analysis

By Subel Rai Bhandari

Barkhas Buyandavaa would rather be working anywhere else.

Shirtless and covered in black dust, he is trying to fix his 42-wheeler truck by the roadside in the middle of the southern Govi steppe in eastern Mongolia.

“I know coal is bad, but I have no choice. This is the only way to earn a decent...