This report was prepared under the OECD Sustainable Infrastructure Programme in Asia (SIPA) and managed by Peline Atamer, Head of SIPA in Central Asia. The report benefited from the strategic guidance of William Tompson, Head of the Eurasia Division of the OECD Global Relations Secretariat, and Yuval Laster, Head of the Finance, Investment and Global Relations Division of the OECD Environment Directorate. The report was developed in coordination with Balchinluvsan Lkhagvasuren, Director General of the Integrated Policy and Planning Department at the Ministry of Economy and Development.
The authors of the report were Luke Mackle and Peline Atamer of the OECD SIPA. The report benefited from research and analytical support from Francesca Al Toum and Maggie Keyworth, Junior Analysts with OECD SIPA, and from Prof. Basandorj Davaa, expert, as well as Marijn Korndewal and Lylah Davis of the OECD Environment Directorate for Chapter 4. The report would not have been possible without the exceptional support of Enkhbayar Dambadarjaa, Local Consultant to SIPA in Ulaanbaatar, and Elisa Larrakoetxea, Project Administrator with SIPA in Paris.
The SIPA team are grateful to the various stakeholders in Mongolia and colleagues at the OECD and in other organisations who participated in consultations for the preparation of this work and provided insightful comments and guidance on the report as it developed, notably: Krzysztof Michalak, Virginie Marchal, Douglas Herrick, Deger Saygin, Joseph Cordonnier, Moongyung Lee, Matthew Griffiths and Takayoshi Kato of the OECD Environment Directorate; Byambasaikhan Bayanjargal and Itgel Yondongombo of the Mongolian Hydrogen Council; Matilda Dimovska, UNDP Resident Representative in Mongolia, Lin Cao, UNDP Deputy Representative, and Delgernaran Tumurtogoo, UNDP National Project Coordinator; Makhbal Tumenjargal, Director of the Mongolian Energy Economics Institute; Saintulga Munkhgerel of Decarbonisation Manager at Oyu Tolgoi; Prof. Ulemj Damiran of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology; Anna Nilsson of the New Climate Institute; Mikaa Blugeon-Mered of Sciences Po; Dr. Dunja Hofmann and Lukas Dietrich of GIZ; Baldorj Myagmarsuren, Ministry of Energy of Mongolia; Dagva Gankhuyag and Khishigt Tamir of Newcom Group; Dr. Sevjidsuren Galsan of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences; Byambasaikhan Bayanjargal and Neil Young of the Gobi H2 project; Dr. Oliver Schnorr, David Pauli, Gunchin-Ish Khosbayar, and Khangalsaikhan Bayaraa of EuroKhan; Zula Luvsandorj, Galtbaatar Davaasuren, and Mike Buck of the SunSteppe H2 pilot project; Zoljargal Balsandorj, Tuguldur Mungunselem and Temuulen Purevdorj of Mongolyn Alt (MAK).