Innovations Against Air Pollution in Mongolia

Atmospheric Tales

In this episode, we discuss:

• An overview of air pollution in Mongolia
• The slow violence of environment crises
• Utilizing technologies for solving environmental challenges
• International collaboration and advocacy

Guest | Azjargal Tsogtsaikhan

Our guest, Azjargal Tsogtsaikhan, leads Business Development at ORDA Wealth Tech from Silicon Valley, California, USA. Azjargal is also passionate about solving public health, sustainability, and social problems, and has founded Breathe Mongolia – Clean Air Coalition, a non-profit with a mission to eradicate air pollution in Mongolia. She holds a BA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Technology Sydney, and an MBA from Birmingham Young University, with extensive experience in finance, nonprofit and technology sectors, including 9 years at IBM. She’s also a board member of other human rights and climate change nonprofits and a co-author of “Clean Air Adventures” children’s book.

Interviewer | Gereltuya Bayanmunkh

Our interviewer, Gereltuya Bayanmunkh, is a start-up founder pursuing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at St. Petersburg University, having previously earned her BSc in Mathematics from the National University of Mongolia. She specializes in using AI and big data techniques in fields requiring interdisciplinary innovation in action, such as climate tech and public health. With previous experience as a web developer and engineer, in 2020, Gereltuya founded her start-up, Green Dot Climate, to create science-backed climate change content, develop climate tech solutions, build youth-led communities and campaigns, and form partnerships to push Mongolia towards a net-zero future.

Episode notes and references:

• Air Quality Monitoring and Data Access
• Breathe Mongolia | Sustainability for students
• Agaar Neg: Air pollution knowledge platform launched | UNICEF
• Addressing Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar and Evaluating Indoor Air Quality in Gers with Cooking, Heating, and Insulation Packages (CHIP)

Music by: Ritesh Prasanna

Podcast website: https://atmospherictales.com

Transcript: https://medium.com/@atmospherictales/innovations-against-air-pollution-in-mongolia-982ec82d2187