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Tsakia Elbegdorj, the president of Mongolia, was recognized by the UN today as one of six ”Champions of the Earth” for prioritizing “green” policies. He said his formative years as a herdsman living close to nature helped shape his sustainable outlook. Photo: A group in Mongolia poses with a river that has been drying up. They are part of the “Connect the Dots” project, which got a thousand groups in a hundred different countries to demonstrate the ways climate change is affecting their countries. Mongolia has gotten much dryer.

Tsakia Elbegdorj, the president of Mongolia, was recognized by the UN today as one of six ”Champions of the Earth” for prioritizing “green” policies. He said his formative years as a herdsman living close to nature helped shape his sustainable outlook.

Photo: A group in Mongolia poses with a river that has been drying up. They are part of the “Connect the Dots” project, which got a thousand groups in a hundred different countries to demonstrate the ways climate change is affecting their countries. Mongolia has gotten much dryer.

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Source: unep.org
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