Climate change pushes Mongolian herders to the brink | AFP

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Climate change pushes Mongolian herders to the brink | AFP

Mongolian herder Zandan Lkhamsuren lost all but two of his 280-strong flock of sheep in last year’s deep freeze — known as a ‘dzud’ — an extreme weather event that is becoming more frequent and more intense in a country badly affected by climate change. Across Mongolia, more than seven million animals were killed, over a tenth of the country’s total. The loss wiped out most of Lkhamsuren’s income, meaning his family couldn’t afford the tuition fees for his two daughters, who were both meant to start at Ulaanbaatar university.

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